Two arrested for raping 10-year-old girl in Karnataka's Hiriyur

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Hiriyur:  The Hiriyur Rural police have arrested two persons for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl repeatedly at a village in Hiriyur taluk.

The suspects, aged 40 and 24, have been booked under Pocso Act.

According to a complaint lodged by the survivor’s mother, the duo raped her minor daughter, a class 4 student at the government school in her village, repeatedly for the past one year. They threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone.

The incident came to light after the victim informed her teacher about the ordeal. 

The teacher in turn informed her parents, it is said.