- An 11-year-old girl, sleeping rough with her family on a pavement in Delhi, was abducted, raped, and murdered by a taxi driver on Monday.
- The incident took place in the early hours in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area, with the girl's body later found dumped in a forested stretch along a highway outside the city.
- The girl’s family contacted police at around 7am after failing to locate her, prompting a large-scale search operation.
- Police identified and arrested the suspect, a cab driver named Bablu, later on Monday after reviewing CCTV footage and utilising technical surveillance.
- Investigators allege the accused abducted the girl, took her to an isolated spot, assaulted and strangled her to death, and then disposed of her body; forensic analysis is pending, and police are investigating if he acted alone.
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