India, Feb. 28 -- An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping his 10-year-old maternal cousin after gving her Rs.50 to buy an ice-cream in Faridabad, police said on Friday.

Police said the accused, a painter by profession, lived with his brother, mother and grandfather nearly 100 metres away from the victim's residence near Shyam colony in Ballabgarh. He was produced before a court and sent to judicial custody on Friday.

Investigators said that the cousin was undergoing treatment at the Badshah Khan civil hospital in Faridabad for the injuries and is stable now.

A senior police official said that the incident took place between 3:00 and 4:00pm on Wednesday when the victim was alone at her residence. "The victim had...