
11-year-old girl raped at Nakkapalle
The Hindu
The accused is 22-year old, who resides in the same colony
A girl aged around 11-years was raped allegedly by a 22-year-old youth at Nakkapalle mandal in Visakhapatnam district. Though the incident occurred on Thursday evening, it came to light after the girl along with her family members lodged a complaint with the local police, on Friday morning.
According to Circle Inspector of Nakkapalle Police Station, Narayana Rao, the incident allegedly occurred at around 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, when the girl had gone to collect firewood in her village.

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