A 28-year-old man, previously out on bail since June for a rape and murder charge, was arrested on Monday night in Prayagraj. The arrest was conducted by a joint team from the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) near Lalit Nagar Railway Colony. He faces serious allegations of kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old girl, according to police reports.
The accused, identified as Ajay Kumar of Mirzapur, has been booked under Sections 137(2) and 65(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 5(L)(M) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The girl was rescued from Satna railway station on Sept 9 after police traced her while she was allegedly abandoned by the accused, according to GRP officials. Police said on Sept 8, a woman from Mirzapur arrived at Mirzapur railway station with her daughter and a relative to board a train to Delhi. Following an examination of CCTV footage and other intelligence inputs, police tracked the girl to Satna railway station on Sept 9.
Police said the accused allegedly took the girl to a lodge near Cheoki railway station, where he sexually assaulted her, before abandoning her at Satna railway station the following morning. At the station, the accused struck up a conversation with the family, claiming that he too was travelling to Delhi. He then took a seat opposite them in the train compartment.
Family Reports Missing Girl After Train Incident
A family reported their daughter missing after she did not return from a train station in Prayagraj Junction. The incident occurred when the accused misled the family, claiming they had boarded the wrong train and needed to catch another one at 10 PM. Trusting this information, the family exited the train. When the girl failed to come back, they alerted the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel for assistance.