Overview

• Panisagar police said the child, who was visiting her maternal uncle, was taken on Saturday under the pretext of an outing.
• When the toddler was not returned after about three hours, the parents raised an alarm and hundreds of villagers searched.
• Her body was later recovered buried in a nearby paddy field, and a post-mortem was completed before the body was handed to the family.
• Officers said the suspect, described as a daily wager, was arrested on Sunday from Nilambazar in Assam after a manhunt.
• Police say the investigation is ongoing and the accused will be produced before a local court.