Infant's body recovered from drain, rape suspected

Jaipur: Body of a three-year-old infant girl was recovered from a drain in Baran district, with police suspecting that she might have been raped and murdered. The infant's grandmother had last night raised an alarm after finding her missing, SP Shivlal said, adding that the child's body was later recovered from a drain in Nandola area, two kilometres away from her home.

Prima facie, it appears that she was strangulated to death and police suspect she might have been abducted by someone close to the family, he said.

Meanwhile irate over the incident, locals staged protest by keeping victim's body on the Baran-Shahbad road. However, they were later pacified by officials and the body was sent for post mortem.