Minor raped, teenage accused held

A six-year-old school girl was raped by a 15-year-old boy at Thana Bhawan town in neighbouring Shamli district, police said here today.

The accused, who was the neighbour of the victim, was arrested.

According to a complaint lodged by the victim's father, the minor girl was raped by the accused in the fields yesterday when the child was returning to home from 'madarsa', police said.