Udupi, Jul 28: A youth has been arrested by police on charge of kidnapping a minor girl from a village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district and sexually assaulting her for over three days in Sagara.
Police sources said that the accused and the victim were neighbours. It is learnt that the accused lured the minor girl on the pretext of love and took her to an isolated place, where he alleged sexually abused her. Later he took her to his relative’s house in Sagara and continued to sexually assault her for next three days.
The girl’s brother had lodged a missing complaint with jurisdictional police on July 23 following her mysterious disappearance. The police came to known that Ravi, a youth from the neighbouring house was also missing for a few days.
Based on reliable information a team of sleuths visited Ravi’s grandmother’s house in Sagara on Monday and found both accused and the victim.
Ravi was arrested and booked under POCSO Act. He was later produced in court and sent to judicial custody. The girl was sent back to her house after medical test.
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