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Ayodhya (UP):
A 4-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in a village in the Maharajganj area in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, police said on Tuesday.
Within a few hours of the incident, the police arrested the accused in an encounter during which he suffered a bullet injury in his leg while trying to flee, they said.
The rape survivor, who is in a critical condition, has been rushed to the hospital for treatment, they added.
The incident took place on Monday evening when one Salman, a resident of the same village, allegedly took the girl near his house and raped her before fleeing the area, the police said.
The girl went missing on Monday evening, and when did not return home even after 4-5 hours, her family members began frantically looking for her, they said.
Subsequently, she was discovered in the vicinity of Salman’s residence, prompting the family to alert the police, they added.
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