BEGUSARAI: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy at a village under Cheria Bariarpur block in Begusarai district on April 3. According to sources, the local panchayat initially tried to "suppress" the matter but an FIR was lodged on April 7, following which the police arrested the accused.
The girl has alleged in her FIR that the incident occurred when she was returning home alone from her aunt's house. She alleged two boys forcibly took her to a nearby maize field and one of them raped her. The other boy, according to the girl, forcibly held her.