35-year-old arrested for kidnapping, sexually assaulting Delhi girl

A 35-year-old man was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl here last year, police said on Monday. Raju, who used to work as a daily laborer in the national capital, was arrested on Sunday, they said.

Police said that on November 1, 2018, a case of the kidnapping of a girl was registered at Mundka police station. Two persons, Rahul and Ram Lakhan, have already been arrested in the case, police said.

"On Sunday, police got a tip-off that Raju would visit his family at Hardoi to celebrate Diwali. Thereafter, a trap was laid and Raju was arrested at 11:05 pm," said Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime).