HARIPUR - A mentally unstable girl was allegedly raped in the Sera-e-Saleh area of Haripur district on Thursday, police said.

One Adil Shahzad, a resident of Changi Bandi village, told the police that his 7-year-old daughter suffering from a mental health issue had been sent to a mosque for receiving a lesson but on way back home, one Bilal allegedly dragged her into his home and molested her.

The complainant said that the area residents later recovered the girl from the accused’s home and shifted her to a trauma centre where the sexual assault was confirmed in preliminary medical report.

Meanwhile, Station House Officer of the Sera-e-Saleh Ejaz Ali said the cops had arrested the accused who would be produced before a judicial magistrate for physical remand today (Friday).