India, Oct. 11 -- Mysuru, Oct. 11 (RK&BCT)- The accused K.S. Karthik, who abducted, raped and murdered the 10-year-old girl, who had come to Mysuru city with her family from Kalaburagi to sell balloons and toys during Dasara, had displayed savage behaviour by stabbing the child 19 times, inflicting horrific injuries that led to her death.

City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar confirmed that the crime occurred early Thursday morning. The girl, asleep beside her parents in a make-shift tent near the Dasara Exhibition Grounds, was abducted by Karthik, who then sexually assaulted her. Following the assault, he stabbed her repeatedly - 19 times - with brutal force, leaving her body lifeless.

Karthik, a bus cleaner from Siddalingapura, has a ...