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ShareAssistant Police Inspector Shrikant Desai did not go home for 30 hours. "I couldn't even take my bath," he said.
On Tuesday afternoon he along with sub-inspector Shyam Naik and the detection staff at Deonar police station arrested 35-year-old Ram Kishen Surajmal at Chikalwadi, where he had been hiding after allegedly committing one of the most perverse sexual crimes in Mumbai's history.
Harijan, a labourer from Ganesh Nagar chawl, Sate Nagar, Mankhurd, allegedly raped a 10-month-old girl on Tuesday night. "The incident may have occurred between 8 and 8.30pm on the highway.
Harijan took the girl from her mother on the pretext of playing some games. It was dark and Harijan used a truck as a shield to rape this girl in the most heinous way," said the officer.
"Harijan knew the victim's family as the girl's mother said that he had earlier taken the girl to play. Hearing the incessant cry of her daughter, the mother ran and saw her daughter in a pool of blood and Harijan in the act. Seeing the mother, Harijan fled. The mother later filed a police complaint," said Desai.
"What's shocking is that the accused has indulged in 'natural' and 'unnatural' sexual activities leading to heavy bleeding in the anal and vaginal area," he said. The girl was admitted to the Sion Hospital, where she had to be operated upon.
Harijan was taken to the Nagpada Hospital for a medical exam. The police have registered cases against him under Section 376 (2F) and Section 377. "I've never seen such a gory sexual crime in my life. This man is a rakshas," said Desai.
