Varanasi: Bansdih Road police on Saturday night arrested Chandan Kumar Sah (29) on charges of kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl. The child was returning home with her grandfather from a marriage function on Friday night. Her grandfather stopped the motorcycle near a cold storage and got down to relieve himself. Meanwhile, Sah arrived on a motorcycle and kidnapped her.The grandfather raised an alarm but was not audible amid the din of loudspeakers blaring in the area. He informed first the family, while police rescued the girl within a a few hours. The girl told police she had been raped and the charge was proved on medical examination.Ballia ASP (northern) Dinesh Kumar Shukla said a case was registered on charges of 137(2) (kidnapping of minor from lawful guardianship) and 87 (kidnapping to seduce for intercourse) when the grandfather of the girl alerted police that the girl was taken away forcibly by a motorcycle-borne person. The girl was rescued and when it was established in the medical examination that she was raped, section 65(2)(rape of minor) BNS and 3/4 of Pocso Act were added.The grandfather of the child had noted the motorcycle number which helped police trace the accused Chandan Kumar Sah (29) of Gaighat under Rewati police station in Ballia. He was nabbed on Dhelhawa Baba-Dubahar road and his motorcycle was seized.The girl had gone a few days ago with other family members to attend a wedding ceremony at a relative’s house in village in Maniyar area. On June 11, all her family members left on different vehicles while the girl boarded the motorcycle of her grandfather.
