Seven-year-old raped in Surat

A seven year old girl was raped by an unidentified man near Hojiwala Industrial Estate at Sachin near Surat, police officials said today.

The girl was kidnapped from her house on Friday and later on was dropped back to her house after the crime.

A case under IPC 375 & 376 has been registered in this connection by the police and a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprit.

According to police, the girl, a resident of slums near Hojiwala Industrial Estate at Sachin was sleeping at her house on Friday last, when she was kidnapped by an unidentified person.

The individual took her near a small pond 100m away from her house, and later raped her at the spot, police officials said.

"Owing to darkness, she could not see the face of culprit, but has given some identification marks," inspector of Sachin police station, KN Patel said.

The girl has been admitted to new civil hospital for treatment, where doctors termed her condition to be serious. She has injury marks on her neck, blood has clotted inside her eyes, while there is continuous bleeding from her private organ, they said.