Mapusa police have caught suspected accused, identified as Pundalik Ghudge, reportedly from Dharwad, Karnataka, in Panaji. Further details are awaited. The development comes nearly three days after a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an abandoned building at Mapusa on Diwali night, November 8. The child, whose family sells balloons, was allegedly taken to the abandoned building by the accused and raped. The girl was subsequently found injured and crying outside the building by locals. She was initially taken to the North Goa District Hospital and later shifted to GMC Hospital for treatment. Several police teams were deployed to trace the suspect. The incident had triggered widespread public outrage across Goa.
