Seven year old raped by 'baba'

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly by a ‘baba’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, about 50 kilometres from here.

According to police sources here, the baba, who had been living in a hut near the village, where the victim resided, for the past several years, sexually assaulted the minor, when she had gone to his hut to invite him for dinner on the occasion of Navami (the last day of Navratri festival) on Friday.

Since the baba, identified as Ram Chander, was well known to the family, the parents had sent their minor daughter to invite the former for dinner, sources said.

The parents, who launched a search for the minor after she did not return home, found the victim in Baba’s hut in Satrikh area in the district.

The victim was bleeding profusely, sources said adding that she was rushed to the district hospital, where her condition was stated to be critical.

The baba fled from the spot after perpetrating the crime, police said. A massive hunt had been launched to nab the culprit, they added.