Cooch Behar: A minor has been apprehended for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl in Cooch Behar district.
According to police, the victim’s father works as a labourer in another state and her mother is a housewife. The accused, a neighbour of the victim, allegedly lured the girl from the courtyard of her house and took her to a nearby forest and raped her. When the girl screamed, the accused
fled from there.
The family of the victim stated that when the girl returned home, she was bleeding profusely and was rushed to the district hospital.
The victim narrated the incident to her mother following which she lodged a written complaint at a police station on Tuesday night.
Superintendent of Police, Cooch Behar, Dyutiman Bhattacharya said that the accused has been apprehended and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board on Wednesday.