01 October,2020 09:39 AM IST | Azamgarh | IANS
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A 20-year-old man allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl in a village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Wednesday.
The accused, a neighbour, took the girl to his house in Jiyanpur area, telling her mother that he was taking her for a bath, the police said, quoting from the complaint filed by the girl's mother.
The accused had also taken the girl's clothes from her mother, the police said.
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When the child returned from the neighbour's house, she was in pain and bleeding, the police added.
The girl was rushed to a hospital where her condition is serious, they said.
Azamgarh Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Singh said the accused, identified as Danish, has been arrested.
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