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A disturbing incident has emerged from Tripura, where a daily wage worker allegedly raped and murdered a 14-month-old girl. The girl’s body was later found buried in a paddy field near the crime spot.

The tragic incident happened on October 11 in Panisagar town, when the accused, a family neighbour, took the baby from her mother under the pretext of going on an outing.

The police officials said that the victim had come from Assam’s Silchar to visit her maternal uncle’s home in Tripura’s Panisagar, according to news agency ANI.

A complaint was first lodged at nearly 8 pm on the day of the incident.

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Officer-in-Charge of Panisagar police station Sumanta Bhattacharjee told news agency PTI, "The alleged rape took place on Saturday, following which she was murdered and buried in a paddy field in the area."

The accused had taken the baby from her mother on the pretext of going on an outing, he said.

“Since he did not return the child to her mother after three hours, the parents became anxious. As the news spread, hundreds of villagers started searching for the child," the officer said.

“Her body was found buried in a paddy field. After conducting the post-mortem, it was handed over to the family," Bhattacharjee said.

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Later, the accused in the case was arrested in Nilambazar in Assam. A case had been registered against the accused, and multiple sections of law relating to abduction and murder have been invoked.

He will be produced before a court in Agartala on October 13, as the investigations into the case continue.