A minor girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in Sidhi district when her mother had gone to visit a temple, police said on Saturday. The accused has been nabbed.
The incident took place on Friday in a village under Churhat police station limits and the accused had been arrested, an official informed.
The 11-year-old girl's mother had gone to visit a temple and had asked her brother, who was at home at the time, to take care of the minor, Additional Superintendent of Police (Additional SP) Suryakant Mishra told on Saturday.
“The accused raped the minor and she narrated her ordeal when her mother returned home late Friday evening. The accused had left for his home by then,” he said.
The victim's parents lodged a police complaint after which the man was arrested and charged for rape under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Addl SP informed.