News, KOLKATA:  In a horrifying incident, a 12-year-old girl in Kolkata was kidnapped, gang-raped and murdered, allegedly by two Ola cab drivers who have been arrested on Wednesday. According to reports, the body was found near a canal.

The girl, who lived on a pavement with her mother in central Kolkata, was allegedly forced into an Ola cab late last night by the accused men, Shankar Shaw and Guddu Singh.

The mother, who washes dishes at a local shop, said she raised an alarm immediately.

The police said the attackers drove to the Park Circus flyover in south Kolkata and took turns to rape the child in the car. After assaulting the girl repeatedly through the night, they allegedly strangled her and tossed her body off a nearby bridge into a canal around 5 am.The two men had been drinking near the docks and started driving around the city looking for “some fun” when they spotted the girl, the police said.

The two men had been drinking near the docks and started driving around the city looking for “some fun” when they spotted the girl, the police said.

The police received the information about the kidnapping from the mother of the girl when she went to the police station to file a complaint.

“We got information that a girl was picked up in a private car. And from our traffic control we got the number of the car and alerted every police station,” a senior police officer said.

The police found the number of the car from a CCTV camera near the spot from where the girl was kidnapped.

“As we got the registration number, we found out the address of the car owner who gave the details of the drivers and within the next few hours we tracked them. After an hour’s grilling the duo confessed to the crime and took us to the spot where they had dumped her,” said the officer.

Later in the evening, an Ola spokesperson said that the account associated with the cab had been “suspended”.

A statement from Ola said, “We are saddened by the reports of the alleged misbehaviour of a driver in Kolkata. On preliminary identification of the cab details shared by authorities, we have suspended the account associated with this cab with immediate effect. As per our records, this incident has not occurred while on the Ola platform. We will work with the authorities to share any information that will help support their investigation.”