<p>A caste council in Rajasthan has ordered the parents of a six-year-old rape victim to get her married to the eight-year-old son of the man accused of the rape, police said Thursday.<br /><br />The incident occurred at Keshavpura in Kota, 250 km from Jaipur.<br /><br />The 40-year-old man, identified as Kailash, raped the girl who lives in his neighbourhood about a fortnight ago, police said.<br /><br />"Kailash locked her in a room and raped her. Instead of registering a police complaint, elders belonging to the girl's caste called a panchayat (village council) meeting," a police official said.<br /><br />The panchayat ordered the girl's parents to get her married to Kailash's minor son.<br />However, the girl's parents as well as Kailash refused to accept the panchayat's decision.<br />And even as negotiations were going on between the girls' parents and the accused, Kailash again raped the girl Wednesday, police said.<br /><br />Some social activists came to know about Wednesday's rape and brought the girl and her parents to Mahaveer Nagar police station in Kota and filed a complaint.<br /><br />Kailash was arrested, and an investigation launched into the allegations against the panchayat members, said circle officer (city) Banwari Lal Meena.</p>
<p>A caste council in Rajasthan has ordered the parents of a six-year-old rape victim to get her married to the eight-year-old son of the man accused of the rape, police said Thursday.<br /><br />The incident occurred at Keshavpura in Kota, 250 km from Jaipur.<br /><br />The 40-year-old man, identified as Kailash, raped the girl who lives in his neighbourhood about a fortnight ago, police said.<br /><br />"Kailash locked her in a room and raped her. Instead of registering a police complaint, elders belonging to the girl's caste called a panchayat (village council) meeting," a police official said.<br /><br />The panchayat ordered the girl's parents to get her married to Kailash's minor son.<br />However, the girl's parents as well as Kailash refused to accept the panchayat's decision.<br />And even as negotiations were going on between the girls' parents and the accused, Kailash again raped the girl Wednesday, police said.<br /><br />Some social activists came to know about Wednesday's rape and brought the girl and her parents to Mahaveer Nagar police station in Kota and filed a complaint.<br /><br />Kailash was arrested, and an investigation launched into the allegations against the panchayat members, said circle officer (city) Banwari Lal Meena.</p>