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MEERUT: Days after a minor girl was raped and murdered in Meerut 's Kharkhauda area, another 11-year-old girl was raped by a local maulvi inside a madrassa in Meerut's Khedi village under Saroorpur police station.

According to police, the crime was committed on Saturday night but the family approached local police on Monday following which an FIR under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.

"According to the survivor, she was assaulted inside a local madrassa in the village. Investigation began after registration of the FIR and a cleric named Shahid was arrested on Monday evening," SP (rural) Avinash Pandey said.

Earlier in Meerut, a 9-year-old girl was abducted, raped, murdered and her body was dumped in a sewer on June 6.

