Rajkot: A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Barvan village on the outskirts of Rajkot city on Thursday. The accused Ramlal Bhil was arrested by officials of Airport police. They said that Bhil is a native Bhilwara town of Rajasthan. According to police, the accused and the rape survivor’s family belong to Bhilwara and had come to Barvan village to dig a farm-well. They were working together on the farm as labourers. On Thursday morning, the accused took the little girl into nearby shrubs and allegedly raped her. Later, when the girl’s father saw he suspected something wrong had happened to her and he informed the farm owner, who called the police.
Police immediately detained Bhil and launched further probe. Police booked the accused under various sections of Indian Penal Code and different sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.