PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 21 -- A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped, assaulted and hurled casteist abuses at by one of her neighbours in Kaushambi's a Manjhanpur area, police said. Manjhanpur station house officer Sunil Kumar Singh said the accused, a 26-year-old man, assaulted the minor in the fields near her residence on January 18. He was booked for rape and and under the relevant sections of the SC/ST Act on Monday after the family lodged a police complaint, Singh said, adding that the neighbour was currently absconding. An investigation in the case is being done by the DSP (Manjhanpur). On the day of the incident, the accused allegedly dragged the minor into the fields and assaulted her. When she resisted, he beat her and hurled casteist abuses at her. htc...