India, May 17 -- In a swift response to a crime that sent shockwaves across Maharashtra, the Pune rural police on Saturday evening submitted a 1,200-page chargesheet against the accused, Bhimrao Prabhakar Kamble, 65, in the sexual assault and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur.

The investigation team wrapped up the probe within 15 days of the incident. The chargesheet, backed by extensive technical and forensic evidence, was presented before a special court late Saturday evening, officials said.

The investigation, overseen by Sandeep Singh Gill, superintendent of police, Pune rural police, includes statements from over 50 witnesses. Crucially, statements of three children aged 10 to 11 years - who allegedly saw Kambl...