4-year-old girl raped in Haryana's Panchkula

A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a school bus by the driver in the industrial town of Haryana's Panchkula district. A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Chandigarh:A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a school bus driver in Haryana's Panchkula district, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred in the bus in Pinjore on Friday, an officer said.

The child studies in a private school in Baddi and lives with her maternal aunt at a village in the Pinjore block of Panchkula district on the Haryana-Himachal Pradesh border.

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The police said that the girl had gone to school on Friday as usual but on returning, she complained to her aunt about difficulty in urinating.

The girl has been admitted to a hospital. Efforts are on to nab the accused, the police said.

A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.

(PTI)