Jawan held for raping Colonel's eight-year-old daughter

The Colonel and his wife, a Major in the Regiment Centre, had gone for duty yesterday, when the jawan, Brahminder Singh, saw the girl returning from school and allegedly raped her, police said.

After the girl informed her mother about the incident, she was taken to a private hospital where it was confirmed that the child was raped following which a complaint was lodged, they said.