Maharashtra: 70-year-old man rapes minor; arrested

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 70-year-old man in Hingni Budruk village in Beed, police said on Monday.

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 70-year-old man in Hingni Budruk village in Beed, police said on Monday.

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The incident took place on Sunday when the girl, playing outside her house in Dharur tehsil, was lured by the accused Damodhar Himtaji Dongare to a nearby farm, where he sexually assaulted her, Police Sub-Inspector R D Panchal said.

The girl's uncle caught the accused committing the crime in the farm, police said.

Following a complaint by the victim's grandmother, the accused was arrested and a case was registered against him under section 376 and 504 of IPC as well as section 3, 4, 11, 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.