AURANGABAD: The Chikalthana police of Aurangabad rural have arrested a man for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl from the city on Monday night.The suspect took the girl from the Mukundwadi area here, along with him by telling her mother that he would buy vada-pav for her around 7pm, said police.He took the girl to a farm on the outskirts of the city and allegedly committed the crime.The suspect, who hails from Binnitanda in Paithan tehsil in the district , had moved to Mukundwadi about a week back and befriended some neighbours, including the girl's mother.Police said the suspect raped her repeatedly before dumping her at Girner Tanda in the limits of Chikalthana police station. The villagers saw the girl crying in the fields on Tuesday morning. They soon alerted assistant inspector Satyajit Taitwale, who rushed to the spot."After the girl narrated her ordeal, we tracked down her mother and brought the matter to her notice. We immediately launched a hunt for the accused, who was arrested from the Karmad area. He was carrying out centring work over there," said Taitwale.The Chikalthan police have transferred the case to the Mukundwadi police station.Superintendent of police Arti Singh said the man has been charged with kidnapping, kidnapping for rape, repeatedly raping. He was also charged under the stringent sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

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