The condition of a 5-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, deteriorated after which she was rushed to a hospital in Kanpur for better treatment, police said on Saturday.
Chief Medical Officer Uday Bhan Singh said the girl was sent to Kanpur for better treatment and undergoing plastic surgery as she was profusely bleeding.
The incident took place on Friday night in the village under Girwa police station area, they said.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in this connection, Circle Officer (CO) Nareni Siyaram said.
The youth had lured the minor to a secluded spot by offering her Rs 10 and he allegedly raped the girl there, the CO said. When the girl's family went to the house of the accused to complain about the incident, he and his family members threatened to kill them, police said.