Vadodara police arrested a Woman held for ‘kidnapping 17-yr-old partner’, man held for raping minor

Vadodara police on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old girl for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old lady after the 2 are mentioned to have “eloped” in October final yr and have been “settled” in Ahmedabad. Panigate police station in Vadodara has additionally booked a person for allegedly raping the minor at a bricks manufacturing facility the place the 2 ladies have been working as labourers to earn a livelihood.
According to the police, the girl and the lady have been in a same-sex relationship for a number of months earlier than they determined to “elope”. They ran away from their properties in October final yr and the dad and mom of the minor approached the police to file an FIR of kidnapping in opposition to her 25-year-old accomplice. The ladies, in the meantime, settled in Ahmedabad and started dwelling collectively, police mentioned.

Assistant Commissioner of Police, E Division, SG Patil mentioned, “The two ladies took up employment at a cement bricks manufacturing manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad they usually have been in a relationship.
Meanwhile, one other man working on the manufacturing facility additionally raped the minor, she informed the police. We additionally arrested the person following their Covid19 check on Wednesday and produced them in court docket. The court docket has given them in police remand till Friday.”
The minor has been despatched to a Women’s reform residence within the metropolis whereas the 2 accused have been booked below the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and related sections of the IPC.
The 25-year-old girl has been booked for 363 for kidnapping, 366 (A) kidnapping a minor to seduce for illicit intercourse and the accused man has been booked for rape below Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.