BANGALORE: Police on Sunday sent a 12-year-old boy to a remand home for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl, who is his neighbour's daughter, on Saturday evening in Soladevanahalli, north Bangalore.

The accused and the victim were subjected to medical tests and police are awaiting the results. Investigations revealed the boy called the girl to his house around 6pm. "He was alone as his parents had gone to work. The girl returned home one hour later," police said.

Her mother noticed she was disturbed. "First she refused to tell me what happened. Later, she revealed what the boy did to her," the mother told Soladevanahalli police. She found bruises on her daughter's body and informed her husband.

