India, May 3 -- Public outrage gripped Nasrapur village, in Bhor taluka, on Friday following the brutal assault and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, with protests intensifying in the village and spilling onto the Pune-Satara highway. The protest, which began as a peaceful sit-in, escalated when demonstrators attempted to block the busy highway, leading to major traffic disruptions.

On Friday, at around 3 pm, grandparents of the three-and-a-half year old girl in Nasrapur village set about looking for her as she had been missing for a few hours. As their hunt was futile, they alerted locals and registered a complaint at the Rajgadh police station in Bhor taluka, about the missing child.

The villagers scanned CCTV footage, which...