Mussoorie: Neighbour arrested as he lures 3-year-old girl with a chocolate, rapes her

A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Mussoorie, police said in Dehradun on Thursday.

The accused, a 20-year-old youth from Nepal, has been arrested, they said. The accused lured the girl to his room by offering her a chocolate, they said.

The matter came to light when the victim's mother heard her cries and ran to the scene of the crime from where the youth had escaped by the time she reached there. On the basis of the victim's complaint a case was registered and the accused arrested, they said.