Overview

• A three-year-old girl was abducted from under Chandanagar Metro Station on June 4 and found unconscious with grievous injuries the next morning
• Police registered an FIR under the POCSO Act, deployed five investigation teams and announced a ₹1 lakh reward for leads
• Investigators traced 26-year-old Deepak Verma, a habitual offender, through CCTV showing him fleeing on a white scooter with the child
• On June 6, officers intercepted Verma near Devi Kheda in Cantonment and he was killed after opening fire on police
• The girl remains in critical condition at King George Medical University requiring urgent surgery as questions mount over street child safety and police tactics