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Seven-year-old gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.

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MUZAFFARNAGAR: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday.

The minor had gone missing for some hours, after which her family started searching for her.

She was found unconscious and bleeding on the roof of a nearby house in the village under Budhana police station limits on Friday evening, they said.

A case has been registered against the two men under Indian Penal Code Section 376D (gang rape) and the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Circle Officer (CO) Girija Shanker Tripathi told PTI.

The two accused were arrested, the CO said.

In his police complaint, the minor's father alleged that the accused took her to a nearby house and raped her.

He said they left her on the roof of the house in an unconscious state.

The family members rushed her to hospital, the girl's father stated.

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