Medininagar: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 22-year-old man of same village in a field in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.
An FIR was lodged in this regard on Tuesday morning following a complaint by the victim's mother, police said and added that the girl was sent for a medical test.
The incident took place in a village under Hussainabad police station area on Monday when the girl had gone to a field to pluck coriander.
"According to the victim's mother, the man stopped her on the way, dragged her to another field and then raped her," Hussainabad police station in-charge Sanjay Yadav said.
"Raids are being carried out to arrest the accused who fled after the incident," he said.
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