UP govt screens 27 lakh citizens in special campaign to eradicate TB by 2025
The Uttar Pradesh government has screened more than 27 lakh citizens as part of a comprehensive campaign to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from Uttar Pradesh by 2025.
With one rape incident or other reported every day this one comes from Uttar Pradesh where a 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by two men in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Saturday.
According to the Station House Officer Anil Kapervan, the girl was rescued on Friday and the two accused identified as Salman and Pervaiz were arrested.
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The girl went to a shop on Thursday and had been missing since then, police said.
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Her father had lodged a missing report and the police investigation led to the rescue of the girl, the SHO said.
According to the complaint, the accused brought the girl to a nearby place where they allegedly raped her. She was also threatened of dire consequences, Kapervan said.
The accused, aged around 20, have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
The SHO said that the girl has been sent for medical examination.
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