A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted near Tarakeswar railway station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, officials said on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred on Friday near the Tarakeswar station premises, where the child’s family had been taking shelter. In their complaint, the family alleged that the girl was taken from under her mosquito net, reportedly slit open, while she was asleep, as reported by India Today.

Panic spread when the child was found missing at dawn. After hours of searching, relatives discovered her lying bloodied near a drain beside the station that afternoon.

“The child was asleep beside her maternal grandmother under a mosquito net when the accused allegedly cut through it and took her away. After hours of frantic s

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