PATNA: A Patna police team on Friday night arrested a 12-year-old boy from Alipur-Bihta village under the Salimpur police station area in the district in connection with the alleged rape of a five-year-old near the slums on road number 31 in Gardanibagh.The incident came to light on July 8 after which an FIR was lodged in the Women’s police station on July 10. DIG (central range) Rajesh Kumar subsequently suspended the police station’s SHO, Bibha Kumari, for the delay in lodging the FIR.According to Women police station’s current SHO Ravi Ranjana, police investigations so far have revealed that the incident took place on July 1 when the girl had gone to a hand pump near the slums located beside the railway tracks. “The accused forcibly took her to a secluded place nearby and raped her,” the SHO said on Saturday.The matter remained unreported apparently because the accused’s family was paying for the treatment of the girl. It was only after the boy’s family stopped paying money due to which the girl’s treatment was adversely affected that her family approached police, the SHO said.The police officer said the accused’s father died four years back and his mother collects honey from different areas. The boy was continuously changing his location until he was caught from his maternal uncle’s house in Salimpur police station area. The minor girl’s parents are daily wagers.

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