Muzaffarnagar, December 1: An eight-year-old girl was raped by a 14-year-old boy in sugarcane fields in Asadnager village here, police said Saturday.

The incident took place Friday evening under Sikheda Police Station area following which a case was registered against the accused and he was apprehended, the station house officer said.

According to a complaint lodged by the victim's father, the girl had gone to the fields, with two other children, when the accused forcibly took her to nearby fields. Nagaland: Locals Thrash Man for Allegedly Raping Minor Girl; Accused Paraded Naked.

There he raped her, the SHO said. The two children narrated the incident to her family and the girl was rushed to a hospital, the SHO added.