Youth held for raping and killing two-year-old girl in Surat

Surat, Feb 28 (IANS) The body of a two-year-old girl, who went missing on Monday evening, was recovered late at night from a remote location in Surat.The police have arrested a youth for raping and killing the toddler.According to the officers of Sachin police station on Navsari Road in Surat, a couple from Kapletha village, which is within the jurisdiction of the police station, reported that their two-year-old daughter went missing on Monday evening. During searches later that night, the police discovered her body from the bushes in a remote area. The body has been sent for post-mortem, police sources said.While probing the matter, the police found that the infant was last seen with a person named Ismail Yusuf, who lives in the same area as the complainant. Ismail too had gone missing since Monday evening. Following a search, the police arrested Ismail from his hideout in the wee hours of Tuesday, the sources said.
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