Jharsuguda: In a shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old youth in Brajrajnagar area of Jharsuguda district on Friday evening.
Brajrajnagar police have arrested the accused following a complaint by the victim’s parents.
Medical examination of the accused has been completed and he will be forwarded to court today, police said.
According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s parents with the police, on Friday evening when the victim and her brother were in the house, the accused sent the victim’s brother outside by telling him that his mother was seeking him.
Finding the minor girl alone, the accused attempted to rape her.