Bengalore man arrested for raping 8-yr-old girl

A 55-year-old man, hailing from Bangalore and working in a private company in the National Capital Region has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor here, police said today.

The accused, who was at present residing at a colony in Dharuhera in this district, had allegedly raped the minor girl, a resident of the colony, at a deserted place in a park of the area on Monday night, police said.

He was arrested today and produced before the Duty Magistrate here, who remanded him in a 14-day judicial custody.

Earlier the police had registered a case of rape and booked him under other provisions of the law on a complaint filed yesterday by the victim's mother.
 

Police said the girl was medically examined in a civil hospital here yesterday.