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A man allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from a village here and took her to Himachal Pradesh 🥂where he raped her for almꦬost three months, police said on Tuesday.
The police rescued t🧔he teenager 🙈on Monday and arrested the 26-year-old accused after he returned to Ballia with the girl, they said.
The accused, who hails from Nepal'♈s Parsa district and worked in Himachal Pradesh, had befriended the girl on social media, the police said.
The minor went missing on January 29 and on the basis of her mother's complaint, a case was registered against unknown persons𒀰 under Section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code, they said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Dev Ranjan Verma said the police rescued t♐he girl from the accused on Monday.
In th♔e statement given to the police , the girl said Pritam Yadav, the accused, befriended her on social media and had come to her village to meet her.
Yadav later allegedly abducted th🅘e teenager and took her to Hi♈machal Pradesh where he raped her for almost three months, the SP said citing the victim.
Based on 😼the minor's statement, Section 376 (2) (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and rel🍸evant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have been added to the case, he said.
The SP added that the police arrested the accused from Ratsar to🅠⭕wn here on Monday.
