An eight-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday.
The boy, who was found unconscious, was undergoing treatment at a local hospital here, SHO HN Singh said.
According to a complaint lodged by the boy's family on Saturday, the minor had taken his goats for grazing in a forest when the accused, identified as Nitu Singh, took him away and allegedly sodomised him.
A case under relevant sections of the IPC was registered against the 23-year-old accused and a search was underway to nab him, the SHO said.
Published 07 June 2020, 05:43 IST