Eight-year-old boy sodomised in UP's Muzaffarnagar

An eight-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday. The boy, who was found unconscious, was undergoing treatment at a local hospital here, SHO HN Singh said.

According to a complaint lodged by the boy's family on Saturday, the minor had taken his goats for grazing in a forest when the accused, identified as Nitu Singh, took him away and allegedly sodomised him. A case under relevant sections of the IPC was registered against the 23-year-old accused and a search was underway to nab him, the SHO said.