Nine-year-old girl raped near polling booth in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh

Kullu: In yet another shameful incident, a nine-year-old girl was raped near a polling booth in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. The incident comes during the seventh and the final phase of Lok Sabha polling 2019 on Sunday. The police have filed a case on the complaint victim's mother.

The crime occurred under the limits of the Anni police station area in Kullu district.

The girl was playing at the ground of a school, where the polling booth was set for voting, when the accused took her to a secluded place and raped her.

The accused has been identified as Devendra Singh, a resident of Bharesh village.

According to a report in News18, the accused lured the victim by giving her Rs 10 to buy some snacks. When the girl went to the shop he was pushed to a dilapidated building.

The girl's mother was in the fields when the victim went of the home to play. The police have sent the girl for medical examination and filed a case under section 376 and 511 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Meanwhile, Deputy SP Tejindra Verma said they are further probing the matter.

Earlier, two other minor girls were raped in Dholpur and Churu district of Rajasthan . A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her relative in Churu. In another incident, an eight-year-old girl was raped Dholpur on Thursday when she was staying at her maternal grandfather's home.