Panaji: A 21-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in Kalay village of Sanguem taluka, about 100 km from here, police said Monday.
The accused, Manjunath Shinde, who was living in the girl`s neighbourhood, allegedly led her into his room yesterday by luring her with some food items and raped her there, police said.
The victim`s mother later lodged a complaint, police said, adding that the accused went into hiding in the nearby forest from where he was nabbed last evening.
Shinde, hailing from Karnataka, was working as a truck driver with a mining firm, police said.
PTI