A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district, police said today. The boy, who was absconding, often visited the victim's house in Jalva village to watch television, a police official said. Last evening, she was alone at her house and when the boy went there and raped her, Police Sub Inspector Manoharlal Patel said.

The victim disclosed the incident to her parents who filed a complaint at the Ghatiya Police Station, Patel said. A case was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. A search was on for the boy, Patel added. Several cases of rape of minors in the state have been reported in the recent past.