A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly raping an 8-year-old girl near here, police said. The victim and the accused were residents of the same village in Sahapur taluka of Thane district, Inspector Mahesh Shete of the Sahapur police station said.

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The girl, a Class 3 student, was on way to a nearby market last evening when the boy met her. He lured the girl with a chocolate and then took her to a desolate place and raped her, the officer said. The girl narrated the incident to her parents last night after which they approached the police and registered a complaint, he said.