Kochi: The eight-year-old daughter of a migrant couple was sexually assaulted at Chathanpuram in Aluva here in the wee hours of Thursday. The suspect is a local resident. The police have retrieved CCTV visuals of the abduction.

The girl was abducted from her home while asleep. The girl's mother raised an alarm at around 2am when she noticed that her daughter was missing. A search was launched immediately. Local residents found the girl and alerted the police about the incident

She has been transferred to the Kalamassery Medical College Hospital with injuries. Her condition is stable.

Police alerted by local residents

"Around 2am, a witness Sukumaran spotted the victim with the suspect. He alerted the police. The police arrived at the spot shortly after this," Aluva Rural SP Vivek Kumar said.

"Her condition is stable. She has some injuries in her private parts. She'll be undergoing a surgery for the same."

"The survivor and witnesses have identified the photograph of the accused. He is a local resident. The arrest will be registered soon," he said.

The incident comes in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a 5-year-old in Aluva recently. The victim, who was also the child of a migrant couple, was abducted, raped and murdered by the accused.