VADODARA: A three-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by a 30-year-old married man at Por village in Varnama taluka on Friday morning.

The crime was committed at around 11.15 am when the girl's mother had gone out with her father-in-law to make a telephone call. They had asked their neighbour Shyamdutt Jaiswal to take care of the baby, Jaiswal, however, raped the infant, police said, adding that he has been arrested. "When the duo left, Jaiswal entered their home and raped the baby girl. He fled from the spot later. When the girl's mother returned she was horrified to see her girl bleeding. She immediately alerted her neighbours and informed the police," said Varnama police sub-inspector, Praveen Padhiyar.

"The girl was rushed to SSG Hospital in an unconscious state. She responded well to the treatment and is now recovering. We arrested Jaiswal from Por village," Padhiyar told TOI. The police said the accused works as a labourer in a private firm in Varnama. He had separated from his first wife and remarried later. But his wife was away at her home. Jaiswal stays with his brother. The baby's family originally belongs to Uttar Pradesh, but it had shifted to Por a year-and-half ago. The baby's father too works in a private firm.

