Patna: An 11-year-old schoolboy was beaten up by local people and admitted to hospital after he was stated to have sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl at Thakurbari road in Kadamkuan area, official sources said on October 13.

The sources said Chintu, a standard VII student of Dariyapur Middle School, had on October 12 gone to the girl's house to meet her brother Vicky, stated to be his friend.

When Chintu found none of the family members there, he forcibly took the girl to a room, bolted it from inside and allegedly raped her.

As the news spread, locals stormed the house of Chintu and badly beat him up. He was admitted to the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH).

The victim's mother had lodged an FIR (first information report) with the Kadamkuan police station on October 13.

PTI