Muzaffarnagar (UP): A 12-year-old Dalit girl was raped at gunpoint and was found pregnant a month later in Muzaffarnagar district, police said today. A youth identified as Yograj had raped the minor girl at gun-point on March 11 last at Kumhara village, under Kakroli police station, threatening her of dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone.

However, the girl told her parents a month later about the incident after she found herself to be pregnant, police said. A case has been registered and a hunt is on to nab the absconding accused, police added. PTI