Out On Bail, UP Man Kidnaps And Rapes Teenager Again; Arrested (Photo @Pixabay)

In an apparent challenge to law of the land, a Uttar Pradesh teen girl was kidnapped again and repeatedly raped by the same accused, days after he walked out of jail on bail. The accused, Veer Nath Pandey, originally from Bhojpur district in Bihar, was initially jailed for kidnapping the girl on her father’s complaint in May this year at the Koirauna police station. The father had filed a missing complaint, and after the police recovered the girl, Pandey was imprisoned for the abduction.

After coming out of jail, Pandey kidnapped the same teenager on August 5 and sexually abused her repeatedly for around one month, according to a report by NDTV, citing police. The police arrested the accused on Monday.

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According to Inspector Manoj Kumar, in charge of the Koirauna police station, after the accused’s release on bail, he abducted the minor when she went to defecate. Pandey abandoned the teenager on September 2, near Jangiganj railway station, and fled. “The girl approached the police the same day, alleging severe sexual abuse by Pandey over the past month,” the media house cited the police officer as saying. The inspector also said that the girl’s medical examination confirmed that she had been raped.

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An FIR has been filed against Pandey under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for rape and kidnapping, as well as under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. An investigation is underway in the latest case.

The incident assumes significance as pressure mounts on the authorities over the rising rape cases in the country.