Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police have arrested a youth on charges of raping and impregnating a minor girl in the Odisha capital here.<\/p>\n
Shree Lingaraj police in the city here have arrested accused Sitaram Palei aka Guna\/Muna Palei (20), son of Sanatan Palei of Tikarapada under Belguntha police limits in Ganjam, from Surat in Gujarat.<\/p>\n
According to police, the accused had developed a relationship with a 13-year-old girl from Nayagarh while residing in the city here around a year ago.<\/p>\n
The girl\u2019s parents were daily wagers and staying in the Old Town area of the capital city.<\/p>\n
The accused allegedly kept physical relation with the minor girl several times on the promise of marriage. He, however, ditched the girl after she got impregnated, police said.<\/p>\n
The accused and his family members had left the city when the girl\u2019s family raised the issue before them. The girl\u2019s father had lodged a complaint in this regard with Shree Lingaraj police.<\/p>\n
The police registered a case under Sections 376 (2) and 376 (3) of the IPC and relevant Sections of the POCSO Act and launched a probe into the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accused had absconded soon after the girl\u2019s family lodged a police complaint. We have arrested him from Surat. The accused has confessed to the crime during interrogation,\u201d said a police officer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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