India, July 9 -- A 14-year-old boy was apprehended on Tuesday for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood after sneaking inside her residence in Palwal, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place between 3pm and 3.40pm on Monday when the victim, a lower-kindergarten student in a private school in Palwal, was alone at her residence. "The accused was a class-VIII student in a government school in Palwal. The victim knew her and used to play together in the neighbourhood," a senior police officer said.

Police said the victim's father was at work while her mother had gone to bring her elder son, a class-I student, from school. A senior police officer said the main door of the victim's house was open when the ...