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A five-year-old girl in Rajkot was allegedly raped twice by an auto-rickshaw driver who used to ferry her to school.
The victims mother has lodged a complaint in Gondal,which was transferred to Mahila Police Station in Rajkot on Monday. The police said the accused,identified as Narendra Rajput,has been detained and booked under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the complaint registered by a resident of Narayannagar-10 on Dhebar Road,her daughter was raped twice last month by Rajput. Police investigation revealed Rajput raped the little girl in the vehicle itself after parking it at secluded place on Friday,while ferrying the girl from school to home.
Rajput,who is resident of Udhyognagar in Aji-I dam,was hired by the victims father to ferry her to a kindergarten located on Nirmala Convent Road.
According to police,Rajput had raped the girl earlier this month.
Police said the matter came to light when girl complained of pain on Sunday while her mother had taken her to Gondal to visit a relative. The child told her mother that Rajput had taken her to some place twice and beaten her up. However,her wounds revealed she had been raped.
The girl has been sent for medical examination to Rajkot Civil Hospital.
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