<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl. "The accused was arrested on Wednesday," the official said.
The police stated that the accused and the child`s family are neighbours in Bhiwandi.
"The accused went to the minor`s home on the night of July 31 and raped her when her mother was busy in the kitchen," the official said.
"When the child started crying in pain, her mother came out of the kitchen but the accused escaped," he said.
According to police officials, the girl complained of severe pain the next day.
When enquired, the minor told her mother about what the accused did to her.
The child`s family approached the Kongaon police, who registered a case under the Section 376 (rape) the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
(with inputs from PTI)
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Thane Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl

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