RAJKOT: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old boy who she had befriended about three months ago.
The accused, Vicky Koli, was arrested on Saturday by the University Road police station after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint against him.
On November 4, the girl had left her house after a verbal altercation with her mother and reached a mall on Kuvadva Road in a rickshaw. From there, she called up Vicky who lives near Greenland Chowkdi. Vicky took her to his maternal uncle’s house in Gandhigram area and the same night, he allegedly raped her.
On November 5 morning, he dropped the girl near her house. However, she was afraid of going home and passed the entire day near a temple in Ramnathpara. Later in the evening, she went to the Race Course and spent the whole night inside, said AS Chavda, inspector, University Road police station.
Their parents had even given an application for missing persons complaint.
Ultimately, on November 6 morning she developed health issues and she called up her mother who reached there with other relatives.
“The girl gained consciousness in the evening and narrated her ordeal after which her mother lodged a complaint on Friday night,” said Chavda.
Koli was booked under IPC sections 376 (rape) and Prevention of Children Against Sexual Offences (Pocso).
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