An eight-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a youth in Khatoli town on Wednesday, police said.
The 15-year-old accused lured the boy, who was playing outside his house, into a sugarcane field and sodomised him, Station House Officer Harisharan Sharma said.
According to a complaint filed by the victim's family, the accused tied the legs of the boy before committing the crime.
The accused has been arrested and the victim sent for medical examination.