Varanasi: A 21-year-old youth abducted a 4-year-old girl from her hut and raped the innocent after taking her to a secluded place of a village under the limits of Suriyava police station area in Bhadohi district after midnight on Wednesday.SP Bhadohi RB Singh said that the accused has been arrested and the girl was hospitalised where she is stated to be out of danger.
During initial investigation of police it came to light that the girl was sleeping with her parents inside their hut on Wednesday night.
After 2 am a youth of the same area abducted the girl and took her to a lonely place at some distance where he raped her.
On hearing her cries some locals woke up and ran towards spot.
However, the rapist managed to escape.
Later, family members and several women of the locality reached Suriyava police station with the girl.
SO Suriyava Pradeep Kumar immediately rushed the minor to a local hospital.
The doctors referred her to the district hospital on noticing deterioration in her health condition.SP Bhadohi said that a named FIR was lodged on the complaint of the girl’s father after which the police also succeeded in arresting the accused person.
Regarding the claims of some locals who tried to defend the accused by terming him as mentally disturbed, the SP said that the accused was found mentally fit and he had committed the crime deliberately.