Ballia, 12 Nov (HS): According to police, a 24-year-old male was detained here on Sunday in connection with the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 19-year-old woman. Shravan Gond, a resident of the same hamlet, reportedly abducted the woman on November 10, according to Dubahar Police Station SHO Ajay Tripathi.
On the same day, a case was filed against Gond under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting, or persuading a woman to marry) based on the woman’s father’s complaint. Gond was apprehended at Ballia Railway Station on Saturday night, according to authorities. The woman, who was with Gond when he was arrested, informed police that he abducted and raped her. According to the SHO, section 376 (punishment for rape) of the IPC was added to the FIR based on her evidence.
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