15 October,2023 05:29 PM IST | Rewa | mid-day online correspondent
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A 12-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man when she was walking home from school in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, the police on Saturday arrested the accused, a 23-year-old man, in connection with the assault that took place on Friday, Rewa superintendent of police Vivek Singh said.
The girl, a Class 5 student, was walking home from school when the accused offered her a lift to her village, the official said.
The suspect, however, took the girl to a deserted place and raped her. He later dropped the girl off near her village, which is close to the Uttar Pradesh border, he said.
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The girl told her family members about the assault, following which she was taken to a hospital and the police were notified, the official said, according to the news agency.
According to the police, the girl sustained injuries to her private parts but is said to be out of danger, as per the PTI.
A case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered against the accused, he said.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar area, police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.
At around 10 pm on Friday, a call was received at the Mayur Vihar police station regarding the incident, they said.
During counselling, the victim alleged that she was raped by her father in the absence of her mother. On Friday afternoon, she was raped again while her mother was away, police said, as per the PTI.
The victim then told her mother about it, an official said.
The statement of the victim was recorded in the presence of her mother and a case under sections 376(2) (n) (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at Mayur Vihar police station, Garg said.
The medical examination of the victim was conducted and the 40-year-old accused has been arrested, he said.
The accused is a drug addict and the family lived in a rented accommodation, police said.
(with PTI inputs)
