A 12-year-old Dalit girl was brutally raped by her 30-year-old neighbhour on April 18 in Kheragarh area of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh.
The child was sleeping when her rapist entered her home between 2 am to 3 am. As he tried to grab her, she tried to scream but was immediately gagged
with a cloth. He took her to an isolated place in the outskrits of the village and raped her.
Mustering all courage, the child returned home and informed her father about the incident. Her father, who is a daily wage labourer, immediately lodged a complaint at the Kheragarh police station.