Teen girl from UP’s Ballia abducted, raped for over nine months; accused arrested

PTI, Oct 23, 2021, 12:37 PM IST

Ballia: A 17-year-old girl from Narhi village here was allegedly kidnapped to Varanasi and raped for over nine months by a youth, police said on Saturday.

The youth has been arrested and the girl rescued from captivity on Friday, police said.

The teenage girl belonging to a village under the Narhi police station area in the district was allegedly abducted on January 16 by a youth from the neighboring village and a case of kidnapping was registered on the complaint of the victim’s father, SHO of Narhi police station Praveen Singh said.

The accused was arrested near Bharauli bridge in the same police station area on Friday and the girl was also rescued, the SHO said.

The teenager has given a statement that the accused had kidnapped her to Varanasi where she was raped by him several times.

Based on the statement, the police have added more relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the case, SHO Singh said.

The girl has been sent to the district hospital for a medical examination.