Auraiya (UP), Mar 4 (PTI) A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on Tuesday by her 18-year-old relative in Uttar Pradesh's Auriya district, police said.

The condition of the girl studying in Class-1, who was referred to the district hospital after initial treatment at a community health centre, is stated to be stable now, a police officer said.

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Additional Superintendent of Police, Alok Mishra, said, "The incident occurred near a village when the accused spotted the girl in a farmland where he was working. The accused, a relative of the girl, raped her there."

Police have formed three teams to arrest the accused.

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Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Shankar visited the hospital and spoke with the girl's father to gather more information.

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