16-Year-Old Kidnapped Girl Rescued From UP: Police

The 40-year-old accused has been arrested and booked under IPC sections pertaining to rape, kidnapping and various provision of POCSO Act based on the victim's statement, officials said.

The police have rescued a 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district a week after she was kidnapped allegedly by her neighbour in New Delhi, officials said on Friday. The 40-year-old accused has been arrested and booked under IPC sections pertaining to rape, kidnapping and various provision of POCSO Act based on the victim's statement, they said. The accused, who is a labourer, allegedly took the girl along with him to his native place in Firozabad after promising to marry her, police said. The matter came to light on April 7 after the victim's family, who reside in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura, informed the police about their missing child.