The rape of an eight-month-old baby last Sunday, allegedly by her cousin, shocked a city which is pretty inured to sexual violence. But this brutal assault on an infant isn’t an exception. Earlier this month, a three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy in Haryana’s Hisar district. The perpetrator was a neighbour who took advantage of the fact that the victim’s labourer parents were not at home.
Last December, a six-year-old was raped by a 55-year-old family friend in Assam’s Jorhat district.
The parents of the girl had left her with the accused to go buy some medicines.
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So, what makes an offender target an infant who hasn’t even learned to walk or talk? In fact, even the thought would make anyone cringe. Experts say pedophilia is complicated, with some even arguing for a separate category called infantophilia for those attracted to children below six years.