Mizoram Police arrested a couple over the death of two-year-old daughter in Aizawl

A couple has been arrested in Mizoram over the death of their two-year-old daughter, who is suspected to have been sexually assaulted. In a statement, police said the girl’s father was arrested on October 1 and the mother two days later as they appeared to be the prime suspects in the case.

Police said a case under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered on September 20 when the private hospital, where the girl died in Aizawl on September 16, cited an examination and told them it indicated sexual abuse.

It added doctors at a government in Aizawl subsequently examined the child’s body and found old healed wounds on the private parts even as no semen was detected.