A teenager was arrested and five minor boys were sent to an observation home on Friday for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Pune multiple times, PTI reported, quoting police officials. The five minors are around 10 years old, police said.

The girl’s mother complained to the police after a doctor conducted a medical examination, when the girl said that the boys had sexually assaulted her four or five times in the last few weeks. The mother had taken the child to the doctor on Thursday after she complained of pain in her abdomen.

All the boys live in the same neighbourhood as the girl.

Police have charged the six accused under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and also under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, a police official said.