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Surat, Nov 8 (PTI) A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and then smothered to death in Gujarat"s Surat city, police said on Monday, adding that a factory worker was detained in connection with the crime.
The child, a daughter of migrant workers from Bihar, went missing from outside her house in the Pandesara area while playing on Diwali night on Thursday.
Her body was found on Sunday near a factory, located about one km away from her house, according to police.
A factory worker from Surat, who also hails from Bihar, was detained, Surat Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar told reporters.
He is identified as Guddu Yadav, who is a native of Gopalganj, and has been living and working in Surat, he said.
Tomar said police found pornographic clips from Yadav"s mobile phone which will be used as forensic evidence against him.