A 14-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped by her distant relative, raped repeatedly and compelled to work at a building web site has been rescued from Pokaran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan after 22 days, police stated on Friday.
The 45-year-old accused has been arrested and the woman despatched to a shelter house in Kota after being produced earlier than a baby welfare committee.
A case of abduction was registered at Itawa police station on February 10.
The woman was rescued on Thursday from Pokaran the place she was held captive, repeatedly raped by the accused and compelled to work at a setting up web site, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Itawa, Vijayshankar Sharma stated.
The accused has been booked beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. He was produced earlier than a court docket on Friday that despatched him in police custody for a day, the police officer stated.
Child welfare committee, Kota, chairman Kaniz Fatima claimed that the woman, throughout counselling has stated that she was drugged by the accused and brought on a motorbike to Swaimadhopur after which to Pokaran.
