(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

JAIPUR: A 10-year-old girl is battling for life at Churu district hospital after she was brutally raped and beaten by an unemployed youth living in her neighbourhood late on Monday night.After beating her up with stones on her head, the accused tried to bury her alive in an abandoned house.The girl studying in Class 3 is in the hospital in a serious condition. She has injury marks on her head and neck. The girl had left her house at around 9.30pm to buy chocolates from a shop in her locality. When she did not return, her family launched a search.At around 10.30 pm, they found her in a serious condition at an abandoned house in the area in an unconscious state. She was bleeding from her head.Police immediately began to investigate the case and arrested a 21-year-old living near her house. “When the girl had gone to buy chocolates, the accused lured the minor to an abandoned house and raped her,” said Vishnu Dutt, station house officer, Rajgarh police station, Churu.