Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked the victim's father in the Nasrapur rape-murder case for withdrawing protests and cooperating with authorities.
A 65-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur in Bhor taluka of Pune district on May 1.
The government will push for a death penalty for the accused in the case, CM Fadnavis assured.
The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident, condemning it as 'deeply distressing' and a 'blot on humanity'.
