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Pune: In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by a 14-year-old neighbour in Pune, Maharashtra. The Pune Police have detained the accused. The incident occurred on Friday morning while the girl was playing in near her house on Dehu Road. The boy has been detained and booked under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). The girl’s father had filed a police complaint against the accused on Saturday.

Talking to The Times of India, a Dehu Road police officer said: “On Friday morning, the girl was playing in front of her house. Around 10.30 am, the suspect came there and took the girl inside his house and sexually assaulted her.” He further said: “When the girl started crying, her mother rushed to the boy’s house. Seeing that, the boy fled from the spot.” The girl’s mother immediately apprised her husband of the heinous incident, who then approached the police.