A 19-year-old teen has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Palghar, according to the police statement.
The girl’s parents lodged a complaint against the accused and he has been arrested on the basis of the complaint.
When the accused discovered the girl alone, she was outdoors playing. The girl’s parents said in their police complaint that he lured the girl with sweets, took her to his house, and sexually assaulted her there.
When the child eventually got home, she told her mother about what had happened.