Nabarangpur: An11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two teenage boys after coercing her to drink liquor in Nabarangpur district, police said. The incident occurred on March 15 when the girl was playing Holi near her house within Umerkote police station limits. However, it came to light the following day when the girl informed her parents, police added.

The girl’s parents later lodged a complaint at Umerkote police station, alleging that two local boys forced their daughter to drink alcohol before raping her. “We have arrested twoboys aged 15 and 17 years on charges of raping the girl. They were produced before a court at Nabarangpur on Tuesday and sent to a juvenile home,” Nabarangpur SP Mihir Kumar Panda said.

The boys fled the locality after committing the crime and were arrested by police later from a place in the district, the SP said, adding that both the victim and the boys were under the influence of alcohol. The victim, a Class 7 student in a local school, and the boys were distant relatives, police said, adding that the girl’s age was 11 years, which was verified from the school register. Both the victim and the boys were sent for medical examination at the district headquarters hospital here.