A 10-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped by a 16-year-old boy she befriended on Instagram in a horrific incident in Gujarat. The victim is a class 5 student, who went missing from her home in Dhansura village in Aravalli district on Tuesday. After her disappearance, her parents filed a kidnapping complaint with the local police.

The police launched a swift investigation as soon as her missing report was filed. With the help of human intelligence and technical surveillance, the minor was located the following day.

Investigations revealed a disturbing case of online predation. The Minor had been using her mother's smartphone to access Instagram. On the platform, she befriended a 16-year-old boy. After frequent online chats and phone calls ensued, the boy kidnapped the girl and took her to his residence where he sexually assaulted her.

The girl and her sister, both underage, were regularly using their parents' phones to access the popular social media app. Police revealed that they had created around seven Instagram accounts, but primarily used two of them.

The teenage boy has been sent to an observation home in Mehsana, with police planning to take action against him under the Juvenile Justice Act, according to reports.

In a separate, similar case, an 11-year-old girl was abducted and raped in an industrial area of Gujarat's Bharuch district was abducted and assaulted. After struggling for her life for a week, she succumbed to her injuries and passed away at a government hospital on Monday evening.

The girl was seriously injured during the sexual assault. Doctors first treated her at the civil hospital in Ankleshwar, but she needed more specialized care. They sent her to SSG Hospital in Vadodara. Sadly, her heart stopped beating, and her condition worsened.