SURAT: A 55-year-old man was arrested by Limbayat police on Sunday for allegedly raping a five-year-old minor girl, who is daughter of his colleague. Rakesh Master alias Prajapati, , a resident of Sachin, picked up the minor girl from her residence and raped her at a distance on his motorcycle on Saturday. Prajapati went to meet the rape survivor's father to wish him on Uttarayan. Both of them work in the same industry. The accused played with the minor girl for a while and then took her to get chocolate from market. He left on his motorcycle with the girl and did not return for a couple of hours. The parents started to look for the girl and found her near the bushes close to Talangpur village. She was bleeding and taken to a hospital where it was confirmed that she had been raped.Police will get medical examination of accused Prajapati done. He was nabbed from his residence soon after a complaint was registered in the case. The accused was booked for rape under Indian Penal Code and under sections of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

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