6-year-old girl raped in UP after she went out to see baraat' procession

Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh): Amid simmering anger over recent rape cases that have shook the nation, including Kathua rape and murder and Unnao case, another incident came to the fore on Thursday. A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a villager in Siddharthnagar area when she stepped out of her house to watch a 'baraat' procession.

The accused lured the girl into the fields and raped her. She was found lying unconscious out of the village.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, police has arrested the accused.

The incident comes days after an eight-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death while she had gone to attend a wedding function with her parents at a village in Etah.

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(With ANI inputs)