A four-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from a railway shed and “sexually assaulted” at Tarakeshwar in West Bengal’s Hooghly district.
The incident took place on Saturday when the child was asleep beside her grandmother under a mosquito net at the Railway shed, the police said.
The family claimed that the attacker cut through the minor's mosquito net and took her away.
The minor was found lying unconscious with injury marks near a drain in the area on Saturday afternoon, an official said.
"She was sleeping with me. Around 4 am, someone took her away. I didn't even realise when she was taken. I don't know who the people were who took her away. They cut the mosquito net and took her away. She was found naked," said the girl's grandmother.
A person was arrested in the case on Sunday morning.
The victim, who is said to be critical, is undergoing treatment at a Tarakeswar hospital.
A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
The BJP attacked the Mamata Banerjee government. Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in Bengal, wrote on X: "4-year old girl child has been raped in Tarkeshwar. Family rushes to Police Station, but FIR not registered! Taken to the Hospital - referred to Chandannagar. Tarkeshwar Police busy burying the Crime. This is the True Face of Mamata Banerjee's free-for-all regime. A child's life is shattered, yet the Police are shielding the State's Fake Law & Order Image, by suppressing the truth."
