Palanpur, May 17: The body of a three-year-old girl was found lying in the fields in Falu village, some 15 km from Vijapur in Mehsana district early on Wednesday morning.
The girl went missing since on Tuesday after had gone to a nearby shop with her grandparents to have soft drinks, said in-charge police sub-inspector of Vijapur MM Parmar.
Post-mortem reports revealed that that the girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered.
Her father, Chaturji Dharsinh Rathod, has filed a complaint with the police.
However, she went missing and the whole family made desperate attempts to search for her throughout the night. At last, her body was found lying in the field of one Amrut Patel, said Parmar.
"We have called in Forensic Science Experts and dog squad to trace the culprit," said J R Mothaliya, superintendent of police, Mehsana.
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