Budaun (UP): A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Wednesday by her uncle in a village in the Hazratpur area of Budaun district, police said.

While playing outside her house, the girl was lured by her uncle to a desolate place and raped, said police.

The accused left the girl and fled away after raping her, they said.

The victim's family members reached the police station later and lodged a complaint after which the accused was arrested and sent to jail.

Budaun Senior Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma said the girl was raped by her uncle, who has been arrested.

The girl has been sent for medical examination.

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Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.

The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.

Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.

The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.

Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.

The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.