MUMBAI: A 31-year-old labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally disabled minor girl in Vasai.
The 16-year-old was last seen playing outside her house on September 7, before she went missing. Locals told her father that an unknown man had taken her on his motorbike. He approached the Valiv police on September 9.
Inquiries revealed the man could have lured the girl and taken her on his two-wheeler. Police managed to identify the accused within 24 hours.
The accused turned out to be a labourer who had seen the girl while visiting her locality for work. He was picked up from Santosh Bhuvan in Nalasopara (east) and the girl was rescued.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
