Mysore/Mysuru, Oct. 11 -- The Police team that is investigating the abduction, rape and murder of the minor girl in Mysuru was shaken by the brutality inflicted on the child by the accused K.S. Karthik.

Police sources said that according to preliminary findings, Karthik entered the family's tent under cover of darkness, abducted the girl and took her to a secluded location where he committed the rape.

He then mutilated her body - stabbing 19 times and reportedly severing her ears, cheek and chin - before dumping it in a drain near the Exhibition Grounds.

The savagery of the crime has drawn comparisons to the Delhi Nirbhaya case, a gang rape and murder that occurred on Dec.16, 2012, in South Delhi. In that case, the victim was tortured ...