Muzaffarpur, August 4: In another incident of sexual assault against minors, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a juvenile at Firozpur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district on Friday. According to Superintendent of Police (SP), rural Ajay Sehdev, the incident took place when the victim’s mother had gone to collect water, following which the boy took the girl to his house. The girl has been admitted to a nearby hospital. The victim’s mother registered a complaint. The police have arrested the accused, and a case has been registered against him.

In a similar incident, on July 31, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Pratapgarh’s Lalganj area. The friend of the three accused recorded the whole incident on his mobile phone. According to reports, the accused offered a lift to the girl when she was returning to her house in Jevai village from a nearby market.

In another shocking incident of sexual assault, a 14-year-old girl was raped for eight months by the owner of a coaching institute in Madhepura district of Bihar. The family lodged a complaint against the owner of the coaching institute at Sadar police station on July 30 after the victim narrated the ordeal to her mother.

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