ALWAR: A government school teacher was arrested in Alwar district for allegedly raping a minor girl, and two others, including a woman, were arrested for their involvement in the abduction of the class X student.
All three accused were produced before a court from where they were sent on three-day police remand. “The girl was found staying with a woman in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. A government teacher has been arrested for raping the girl whereas two others were arrested for kidnapping her. They have been sent to three-day police remand,” the area police station in-charge said.
On February 2, the family members of the survivor lodged a complaint with police after she went missing while grazing cattle. According to police, a private tutor who knew the girl had dropped her in Alwar on bike where a government school teacher Subhash Mahlawat raped her. He confiscated her mobile phone and then sent her on a train to Jaipur.
When the train reached Jaipur, one Anita Jatav received her and then took her to UP’s Aligarh district, police said. On Tuesday, Mahlawat and the two others were arrested under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.