A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 16-year-old boy during the Ganesh Puja celebrations at K Sitapur village under the Kashinagar police station in Gajapati district on Friday. Getting information, police reached the village and shifted the minor girl to the District Headquarters Hospital here. The cops also took into custody the accused and sent him for medical examination. As per the complaint filed by the victim’s family, when the villagers were celebrating Ganesh Puja, the boy took the girl to a secluded place in the village and allegedly outraged her modesty. He fled the spot after committing the crime. When the girl informed her family about the incident, her parents lodged a complaint with police. “After receiving the complaint, we admitted the girl to the hospital for treatment and examination. Further investigation into the incident is underway,” said Paralakhemundi SDPO Ramakrushna Pati.