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accused was arrested from the house of his relative in Patiala
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New Delhi(Agencies): A
20-year-old man was arrested from Punjab's Patiala and charged with kidnapping
and rape, days after a minor girl went missing from her house in outer Delhi's
Narela, police said on Wednesday.
They said the accused was
arrested from the house of his relative in Patiala and the girl was also
recovered from there.
The accused, a labourer, stays
in the same locality in Narela where the 14-year-old girl lives with her
family, they said.
After the girl went missing on
June 14, her mother approached the police and a case was registered on her
complaint under section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code, police said.
During the investigation, it
came to notice that the accused was also missing from his home.
Technical surveillance was
activated and the man was traced to Patiala, where he was staying at his
relative's place, said Gaurav Sharma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police
(Outer-North).
The missing girl was also
traced to the same house, he said.
The girl also alleged sexual
assault by the accused after which sections of rape under the Indian Penal Code
and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were added in
the case and the accused arrested, he added.
There was no clear assertion from
the police or the two families if the two were in a relationship.
However, police said there was
resentment in the girl's family as she was a minor and the man belonged to the
other community.
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