Bhadohi, Dec 25: A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with rape and abduction of a minor girl here on Sunday, police said.

A 16-year-old mentally-challenged girl had gone missing from her home on September 21 this year and police had filed an FIR against unknown persons four days later, SHO Suriyawan Police Station Rakesh Kumar Singh said.  Madhya Pradesh: Authorities Demolish 'Illegal Encroachment' of Man Held for Beating Up Woman in Rewa, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shares Video.

The accused had been booked under sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting, or inducing a woman to compel for mar­riage) of the IPC, he said.

On Saturday, the girl was found in a village. She was made to undergo a medical examination which confirmed rape, Singh said. Mumbai Shocker: Man Arrested for Having Unnatural Sex With Transgender, Attacking Victim’s Friend With Sharp Weapon in Govandi.

Police arrested the accused, Mulayam Saroj, on Sunday from his house in another village. He has been booked under section 376 (rape) of IPC and POCSO Act, the SHO said.

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