Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a labourer in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.
The girl, daughter of a brick kiln labourer, was rushed to a hospital in an injured condition on Tuesday, they said.
According to a complaint filed by her family, the accused raped the minor at a place near the brick kiln.
A case was registered against the accused and he has been arrested, police said.
In a separate incident, the body of an unidentified man was found floating in the Ganga canal near Jolly village. It has been sent for post-mortem and an investigation is underway, police said.