Latest News | Boy, 8, Sexually Assaulted by Neighbour in UP's Bareilly

Bareilly (UP), Feb 2 (PTI) An eight-year-old boy was allegedly forced to have "unnatural" sex by a neighbour in an area under Baradari Police Station of the district, police said on Friday.

Bareilly Superintendent of Police (City) Rahul Bhati said that on Wednesday, a man named Asif lured a boy from his neighbourhood and took him to an empty plot and sexually assaulted him.

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Asif was booked at the complaint of the boy's family and arrested, he said.

The boy was sent to a hospital for medical examination and an investigation is underway, said police.

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