<p>Mumbai: In a horrific incident, two minor girls were kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered by a 54-year-old man in the Rajgurunagar area of Pune.</p><p>The incident sparked a public outrage and snowballed into a political issue.</p><p>The accused, identified as one Ajay Das, a local cook, has been arrested by the Pune police.</p><p>The two victims, aged nine and eight, come from humble background.</p><p>The two sisters went missing on Wednesday afternoon after they went out to play on the locality.</p><p>After the search did not yield anything, the parents approached the Khed police station under the jurisdiction of Pune Rural police and lodged a complaint.</p>.Accused food vendor threatened to leak 'video': FIR on Anna University sexual assault case.<p>The accused stays in the floor over the victims' house.</p><p>After the police carried out a search of the locality on Wednesday night, they made a shocking discovery.</p><p>The bodies of the two girls were found in a huge drum filled with water with heads down - suggesting forcible drowning.</p><p>The FIR has been registered under provisions of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act.</p>.16-year-old girl gang-raped in UP's Ballia, both accused arrested.<p>The bodies were sent to the government-run Sassoon Hospital in Pune for post-mortem.</p><p>The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi slammed the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti-NDA dispensation over the incident.</p><p>"The Pune incident shows that the law and order is deteriorating in Maharashtra. The criminals are moving fearlessly and this is a sign of government's failure," said Congress MLA and former minister Vijay Wadettiwar.</p>
<p>Mumbai: In a horrific incident, two minor girls were kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered by a 54-year-old man in the Rajgurunagar area of Pune.</p><p>The incident sparked a public outrage and snowballed into a political issue.</p><p>The accused, identified as one Ajay Das, a local cook, has been arrested by the Pune police.</p><p>The two victims, aged nine and eight, come from humble background.</p><p>The two sisters went missing on Wednesday afternoon after they went out to play on the locality.</p><p>After the search did not yield anything, the parents approached the Khed police station under the jurisdiction of Pune Rural police and lodged a complaint.</p>.Accused food vendor threatened to leak 'video': FIR on Anna University sexual assault case.<p>The accused stays in the floor over the victims' house.</p><p>After the police carried out a search of the locality on Wednesday night, they made a shocking discovery.</p><p>The bodies of the two girls were found in a huge drum filled with water with heads down - suggesting forcible drowning.</p><p>The FIR has been registered under provisions of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act.</p>.16-year-old girl gang-raped in UP's Ballia, both accused arrested.<p>The bodies were sent to the government-run Sassoon Hospital in Pune for post-mortem.</p><p>The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi slammed the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti-NDA dispensation over the incident.</p><p>"The Pune incident shows that the law and order is deteriorating in Maharashtra. The criminals are moving fearlessly and this is a sign of government's failure," said Congress MLA and former minister Vijay Wadettiwar.</p>