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BEGUSARAI: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped under Teghra police station area in Begusarai district on Saturday evening.

Teghra police station SHO Himanshu Kumar Singh on Sunday said the girl’s family members alleged that she was playing outside the house in the evening when one Pintu Kumar took her inside his house and raped her. When her family members complained about the incident to the family members of the accused, the latter got infuriated and both sides clashed.

The SHO said while the girl’s father lives in Samastipur and had come to his in-law’s house, the accused seems mentally challenged and lives next door to the victim’s maternal uncle’s family. “The girl has been sent for medical examination,” the SHO said.

“The family members of the girl have also named ten persons as accused for violence,” the SHO said.

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

