A four-year-old Dali girl was raped in Lekhanath of Kaski on Wednesday. Based on a complaint by the victim's family, police arrested a 54-year-old local man in connection to the case on Thursday. The girl had left her home to buy some candies from a grocer in Bharat Pokhari, Lekhanath. She returned home after some minutes. The child's vagina was bleeding while she returned. Her mother had noticed wounds at the private part, but other villagers forced the woman to go to her parental home in Gagangaunda to avoid social stigma, police said. The girl was taken to a local health facility for treatment yesterday itself. But, as the bleeding continued, she was rushed to the West Regional Hospital in Pokhara this morning. The victim's family had lodged the complaint against the grocer this morning. Meanwhile, women activists of the district urged police to ignore any pressure that they could receive to release the accused. The accused is recognized as a social worker in the locality, they claimed.