A nine-year-old girl was raped on Diwali night in a slum in central Mumbai. The accused is yet to be identified.
The police said the victim was bursting firecrackers, along with her brother, in the Himat Nagar slums in Antop Hill around 11.30 p.m. on Friday when she was kidnapped.
The police suspect that the accused might have been known to the victim as she did not resist when being taken away.
Around 1 a.m., she was dropped back at the same spot.
“She confided to her parents about pain in her private parts and was rushed to a nearby hospital. The medical report ascertained that she was sexually abused,” said a police officer.