Daijiworld Media Network - Canacona

Canacona, Nov 11: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl at Shristhal village in Canacona taluka of Kushavati district in Goa late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, aged around 25 and a native of Bihar, had arrived in Goa two days before the incident and was working at a local bakery, a senior police officer said. He was arrested shortly after the incident was reported.

The officer said the identity of the accused would be disclosed later after recording the statements of the victim and her parents in the presence of a representative from a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

The incident comes days after a three-year-old girl, whose father works as a balloon seller, was allegedly raped by an unidentified person in Mapusa town of North Goa on Sunday night. Police are yet to make a breakthrough in that case.

Reacting to the incidents, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that those involved in such crimes had no right to remain in society and would be sent behind bars permanently.