Man jailed for 10 years for abducting, raping minor

A fast-track court here has sentenced a man to 10-year imprisonment for abducting and raping a minor girl in 2010.

The court sentenced two other men to seven years in jail for abducting the 15-year-old girl, who was lured into visiting Agra to see the Taj Mahal, public prosecutor Ritu Choudhary said.

Judge Punam Rajput also fined Inam, Tajuddin and Imran Rs 18,000 each.

While the court held Inam guilty of rape and abduction, Tajuddin and Imran were convicted of kidnapping the girl.

The girl is a resident of Kaserwa village in Shamli district.