Shock from Uttar Pradesh: Charges filed against boy for raping his 8-year-old cousin in Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur, July 21: A 12-year-old boy allegedly raped his eight-year-old cousin in a village here, police said on Sunday. The victim’s family said the boy raped her when she was alone at home on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar said. Shock from Uttar Pradesh: 7-year-old girl hospitalized after rape by drunk man in Maharajganj, accused arrested.

The girl’s relatives were out for work when they received the news that she had been injured in an incident, ASP Kumar said. When they returned home, they found bleeding in the girl’s private parts, he added. She was then taken to a hospital where her condition appeared to be stable. Shock from Madhya Pradesh: Two women partially buried in Murrum during protest against road construction in Rewa; case registered (watch video).

An FIR has been filed against the accused under Section 65 (2) (rape of a woman below 12 years of age) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he added. Efforts are on to nab the absconding boy, police said.

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