A man who had raped a four-year-old girl in Etawah district in January, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in a record time of 57 days.

The child was sexually assaulted on January 18 this year when she had gone to a nearby field to bring fodder for the cattle. A local youth identified as Arun abducted the girl and took her to a mustard field where he raped her.