Youth arrested for raping minor

New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A 24-year-old youth was arrested Saturday for kidnapping and raping a minor in east Delhi, police said, adding that a court has sent him to 14 days' judicial custody

Krishna, resident of Gandhi Nagar, and working with a private firm, was known to the victim as he lives in her neighbourhood.

"Two days ago he had taken the victim to a rented accommodation in Gandhi Nagar and raped her," said a police official.

According to the official, he threatened the victim with dire consequence if she revealed the matter to anyone, but the girl narrated the whole story to her parents a day after the incident.

"After victim's medical examination, the accused was arrested from his house. He was sent to 14 days' judicial custody by a court," said the official.

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