UP: Man held for attempting to rape girl child

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly luring a girl child with candy with the intent to rape her.

Ballia: A 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly luring a girl child with candy with the intent to rape her in a village under Gadwar Police Station area here, police said.

Circle Officer (City) Vaibhav Pandey said Lokendra alias Lokeshwar lured a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from his neighbourhood with candy and took her to a secluded place and tried to rape her.

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The girl somehow ran back home crying and told her family about the incident, the CO said.

On the complaint of the girl’s mother, a case was registered against Lokendra under sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act and he was arrested, he said.