Shock from Lucknow: 10-year-old girl kidnapped and allegedly raped in Banthara; two arrested, main accused on the run

Lucknow, June 30: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped in Lucknow’s Banthara area, police said. The main accused is absconding, but police said two people have been detained for questioning. In a complaint filed in this connection, the girl’s mother stated that her husband, a security guard, was on duty near their house when the girl went out to call him but did not return.

After waiting for a long time and not being able to contact her through her mobile phone, the family went to search for her but could not find her. The victim’s mother said that a youth living in their village was frequently calling her daughter through her mobile phone and trying to have inappropriate conversations. The family visited the youth’s house but his family members refused to give out any information about the girl. Shock from Lucknow: Woman allegedly raped, forced to convert and deceived into aborting a five-month-old fetus; accused cannot be found.

At around 11:15 p.m., the police and some villagers entered the accused’s house and found the girl locked in a room. Her hands and feet were tied with clothes. The accused, who was also in the same room, managed to escape from the scene. Shock from Lucknow: 16-year-old girl kidnapped and raped by seven people in a garage in the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

The girl told the police that the accused and his accomplice covered her mouth as she left the house and forcibly brought her into his house. They snatched her mobile phone and threw it into a pond. Later, the accused locked her in a room in his house and sexually abused her.

South Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police Shashank Singh said an FIR had been filed against the accused under charges 363 (kidnapping), 366 (abduction for the purpose of marriage), 376 AB (rape of a girl below 12 years of age) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC.

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