Another day another shame. In a shocking incident, an infant was allegedly raped by a 25-year-old man in village Asif Nagla. The gruesome incident took place on Sunday when parents of the 28-days-old girl child had gone to cast their vote for Gram Pradhan elections, SP (Rural) Pankaj Pandey said.

It was reported on Monday that the infant was profusely bleeding and taken to government hospital Khurja by the parents where doctors seeing her condition referred to higher care centre, police said.

“There were serious inconsistencies in the statements of the parents of the baby. The father of the baby girl said they were not in the house when the incident took place but the mother said she was present in the house. Besides, we have nobody else to corroborate the fact. A doctor in Bulandshahr said that there was nothing to indicate that the child was raped.

This is a serious accusation and we want to be thorough with the investigation. We have asked senior doctors in Lucknow to conduct another medical examination. We can only question the accused and not arrest him till we have concrete evidence,” said Shokendra Singh, station officer, Ramghat police station.

An FIR against one Namino (25) of the same village has been lodged by the infant’s father, Mukesh, police said adding that the accused is absconding.