Karimnagar, Oct 30 (PTI): A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by a man at a village in Rajanna Sircilla district of Telangana, police said on Saturday.

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The girl's parents complained on Friday that she was sexually abused by the man, a police official said.

A case of rape was registered against the man and he was booked also under relevant sections of POCSO Act and the SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said.

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The accused, who was the husband of a village Sarpanch, was arrested and remanded in judicial custody, he said, adding that the victim has been sent for a medical examination.

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