JAIPUR: A 15-year-old girl who went missing from her house at Murlipura locality on Monday evening was recovered by the police on Tuesday. It was found that she was kidnapped and raped by a 26-year-old man living in the same locality as a tenant. Police have arrested the accused and registered a case of kidnap and rape under appropriate sections of IPC and POCSO Act.
The parents of the girl had approached cops late on Monday evening. They stated that the girl was not seen since Monday evening, police said. Rather than treating it as just another missing complaint, police started talking to people in the neighbourhood and shopkeepers in the locality.
"The accused identified as Manoj alias Monu (26) kidnapped the girl and took her to some place and raped her. The girl was found with the accused during early hours on Tuesday," Anshu Jain, probationer RPS who is in-charge of Murlipura police station said. Police stated that the girl is a minor and was befooled by the accused who claimed that he was in love with her. "In every case where the girl is minor, her consent is not maintainable in court. In such cases, the accused who is an adult is charged with kidnap. Since the girl was also raped, we have registered a case under appropriate sections of POCSO Act," Jain added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)