Uttarkashi: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 13-year-old boy at a village in Chinyalisaur block of the district, said police on Thursday.

The alleged incident saw the light of the day when the girl recounted to her mother what she had gone through. Following which, a complaint was lodged by the victim's step mother at Dharasu police station. In the complaint, the mother alleged that the girl was raped by the boy on Wednesday evening. The boy lived in the same village, it added.