Overview
- The child was taken from a cot beside her grandmother after the assailant cut through a mosquito net, according to police and family accounts.
- She was found naked and bleeding near the Tarakeswar railway high drain the following afternoon and was rushed to hospital, where her condition is critical.
- Hooghly rural police registered an FIR under the POCSO Act and said efforts to identify and apprehend the attacker are underway.
- Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged the police initially hesitated to file the case and suppressed facts, while authorities have not announced any arrests.
- The family, from the Banjara community, says they are homeless after demolitions and have been sheltering near the railway premises.