UP: 16-year-old girl kidnapped, raped; two arrested
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by two men here, police said on Saturday.
According to Station House Officer Anil Kapervan, the girl was rescued on Friday and the two accused identified as Salman and Pervaiz were arrested. The girl had left her home for a shop on Thursday and had been missing since then, police said.
16-year-old girl allegedly abducted and raped by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district; victim rescued, both accused arrested: Police
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Her father had lodged a missing report and the police investigation led to the rescue of the girl, the SHO said. According to the complaint, the accused brought the girl to a nearby place where they allegedly raped her.
She was also threatened of dire consequences, Kapervan said.
The accused, aged around 20, have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said. The girl has been sent for medical examination, the SHO said.
In another incident, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an autorickshaw driver under the pretext of taking her to her grandmother's house yesterday in Hyderabad's Nampally area.
According to reports, the girl and her 10-year-old sister lost their way while going to their grandmother's house from their home on the night of December 8.
The man's elder brother, also an autorickshaw driver, spotted them and took them to his house. However, he was ticked off by his mother, who asked her younger son to take the girls back home.
The man instead took them to a lodge at Nampally area, where he raped the teenager while her younger sibling was asleep.
He dropped them near Falaknuma railway station on December 9 and fled, police said.
The teenager managed to call a relative after which they were reunited with her family.
On Thursday, her kin filed a police complaint following which both the autorickshaw driver and his brother were booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Police said they are on the lookout for the brothers, who are absconding.
Earlier, when the girls did not reach their grandmother's house, the family had filed a missing complaint on December 8, police said.
(PTI Inputs)
First published: 14 December 2019, 11:49 IST