Man rapes minor after offering work, booked

Surat: Kapodra police on Wednesday booked a 32-year-old mason for allegedly raping a 16-year-old minor girl after keeping her locked in room in Puna area of city. The accused took the girl with him promising to give her labour work and raped her.
Police booked Lekhraj Gurjar, a resident of Punagam area, on charges of sexually assaulting the minor on August 28. A complaint was lodged by the elder sister of the survivor and the accused disappeared after raping the minor.
On that day, the minor was standing on a spot in Kapodra area where construction labourers wait to be picked up labour contractors after finalising wages. The girl used to accompany her two elder sisters daily, but on that day one of the sisters fell sick and did not come. So, the minor was standing with one sister when Gurjar came and offered her labour work. He took the minor in an auto rickshaw to his home in Punagam.
He locked her up in the room and raped her and also threatened to kill her if she complained. Later Gurjar dropped the girl back in an auto rickshaw at the same spot from where she was picked up.
On returning home, the girl informed her elder sisters about the ordeal. Later they approached police and lodged a police complaint.
“We are yet to nab the accused who is on the run. Police teams are in search of him,” said a police officer of Kapodra police station.