Bareilly: In a gruesome incident, a three-year-old daughter of a doctor was sexually assaulted by a youth, a police officer said here on Monday.

Superintendent of Police (City) Rahul Bhati said that the family of the doctor, who runs a clinic in the city, went to meet relatives in a rural area two days back.

On Sunday, Shahrukh took the victim to his house and assaulted her sexually, he said.

"When the victim's father came to know about the incident, he lodged an FIR at the Izzat Nagar police station on Sunday night," he said.

(With UNI inputs)