Man arrested on charge of raping 12-year-old girl in Patna

Patna: A 32-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on charge of allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl after luring her to a rented house in the Mithapur police station area of Patna.The incident came to light after the victim’s mother noticed signs of abuse and lodged a police complaint on March 31. According to the complaint, the accused allegedly took the minor to the rented house, where he raped her on March 16 and again on March 19. He is also accused of threatening the girl to keep silent and applying sindoor on her hair parting.The victim’s mother alleged that members of the accused’s family attempted to hush up the matter by offering money.

“The accused’s mother and sister came to the police station in his defence and offered between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 10 lakh for a compromise, but we refused,” she said.She further claimed that after noticing the sindoor and questioning her daughter, the girl narrated the entire ordeal. “When I later went to the accused’s sister’s house to inquire, they assaulted and threatened me,” she alleged.Following the written complaint, the minor was medically examined at a hospital. “The accused, a resident of Masaurhi, has been arrested under the Pocso Act and sent to judicial custody. Further investigation is underway,” said City SP (Central) Diksha.