Minor boy rapes 7-year-old girl in MP village

A 14-year-old boy raped a 7-year-old girl in MP's Panna district on Wednesday. The victim is undergoing treatment at a district hospital and the police are on the lookout for the boy who is at large.

Panna (MP): A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district on Wednesday, police said.

According to the complaint, the minor boy lured the girl to his house and raped her when no one was around, civil line police post (Kotwali police station) in-charge Shrikrishna Singh Mawai said.

The victim is undergoing treatment at a district hospital, Mawai said, adding that the police are on the lookout for the boy who is at large.

The absconding accused has been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he added.