The incident took place yesterday night when the girl, a student of Ramchandra Smarak Inter College in Jamuari here, was returning home from Faizabad after receiving a laptop under the state government's programme, they said.
According to sources, the girl along with 50 other girls were send to Dhanpata Maurya Mahila Inter College at Rasulpur in Faizabad for the laptop distribution programme.
The programme, scheduled to start at 2 PM got delayed and concluded around 10 PM, after which the girls were asked to return in an SUV arranged by the college.
"On the basis of girl's complaint, the accused has been arrested and the victim has been sent for medical examination," Superintendent of Police Hiralal told PTI.
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