Overview
- Investigators arrested 32-year-old neighbour Samir Kumar Mandal after CCTV and technical leads identified him as a suspect.
- The accused allegedly confessed during questioning and directed police to the child’s body about two kilometres from her home in Shirgaon, Maval.
- An FIR at Shirgaon Parandwadi police station cites BNS provisions for kidnapping and murder along with multiple sections of the POCSO Act.
- A Vadgaon Maval court remanded the accused to police custody as officers continue to examine evidence and establish the sequence of events.
- Police say the child was lured with chocolates while her parents were at work, and public figures have condemned the crime as community scrutiny intensifies.