Malegaon (Nashik), Nov. 17 -- A three-year-old girl was brutally murdered following an alleged sexual assault in Dongrale village of Malegaon taluka on Sunday evening, sending shockwaves across the district. The horrific incident has triggered widespread anger among villagers, with police having taken a youth into custody for interrogation in connection with the case, an official said on Monday.
According to preliminary investigations, the accused Shekhar Sanjay Khairnar, a local carpenter residing in the village, allegedly lured the minor girl to an area near the mobile tower on the outskirts of the village by offering her chocolate. Police sources indicate that after sexually assaulting the child, the accused crushed her to death using a...