Police Arrested the accused…
UP: On Wednesday, 14 June 2023, a 14-year-old girl was out in a market to buy household stuff.
She was allegedly raped by the vegetable seller in the Gopiganj Police Station area here, police said on.
The incident took place Tuesday afternoon. Her family was already out searching for her when she came back hours after she was due back home, police said.
SHO Sada Nand Singh said after reaching home, the girl narrated everything to her parents, who approached the police on Wednesday.
According to the complaint, the girl was lured by a 19-year-old vegetable seller to a dilapidated building nearby, where he raped her and fled away from the spot.
The teenager lay there for a long time before she headed back home, the SHO said.
A case was registered against Sameer, the accused, under relevant sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act. The girl has been sent for medical check up.
On Wednesday evening, the accused Sameer was arrested from the market, the SHO said.
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