🌱 Police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said on Tuesday.
ඣ The incident took place on Monday when the man, who worked as a carpenter, came to Balkum area here for work.
🅺 He saw the girl, aged around 6, alone in the area and took her to an isolated place where he allegedly raped her, Kapurbawdi police station's senior inspector Uttam Sonawane said.
♊ The girl raised an alarm and ran to her home. Her parents later alerted the police who launched a search for the accused and nabbed him from Mahim area in neighbouring Mumbai in the evening, he said.
ꦰ The accused was inebriated at the time of the incident, the official said. The girl has been admitted to a hospital, he said.
♍ The accused has been booked under Indian Penal Code Section 376 (rape) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official said.
