PATNA: A thirteen-year-old committed suicide after her father allegedlyraped her in West Champaran district in Bihar.

The 30-year-old man accused of raping his daughter has been arrested. Thebody of the girl was found hanging from the ceiling at her house in avillage on Friday. Police said that an FIR was lodged on the basis of thestatement of the mother of the girl.

As per reports, a panchayat meeting was held at the request of the girl andher mother in connection with her sexual exploitation around a week ago.The father of the victim was rebuked at the meeting.

However, soon after the meeting, the girl away from the village. She wasbrought back by family members but committed suicide a few days later.

In another incident, the blood-soaked body of a six-month-old infant wasrecovered from the basement of a building in Indore in MP. Police said theaccused was seen in CCTV footage, at around 4.45 am today, carrying theinfant on his shoulder. The post-mortem of the infant, which was carriedout at the state-run MY Hospital, suggested that she might have been rapedbefore being killed as her private parts bore an injury mark.

“The body of the infant was recovered from the basement of a commercialbuilding in Rajwada area. The accused, Sunil Bheel, had kidnapped her earlytoday morning when she was asleep with her parents outside the RajwadaFort. The accused was sleeping close to the family,” said HC Mishra, deputyinspector-general of police, Indore. The accused and the infant’s parentsknew each other and were in the business of selling balloons, Mishra said.