He offered the child a lift on his motorcycle, and then allegedly went on to brutally rape and murder her. Cops yesterday arrested Rahul Gajanan Tumbda less than 12 hours after the body of the 12-year-old girl was recovered from an isolated farmland in Sharja-Mori village near Vasai. The 20-year-old has been booked under sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, and sections 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

Rahul Gajanan Tumbda (20) was arrested yesterday for allegedly raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in Vasai