The accused, arrested last night, is from the same village, police said.
In his complaint filed with the Binjharpur police, the victim's father said the girl was raped at the man's shop at Bitana market when she had gone there to buy chocolates with her 9-year-old younger sister.
The minor girl had gone to the local market to make photocopies of her father's documents with her younger sister on Sunday afternoon. After it was over, the two sisters went to the shop to buy chocolates, police said.
The younger sister, who managed to escape, narrated the incident to her parents. Family members accompanied by locals caught hold of the accused and rescued the victim from his room.
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Aggrieved over the incident, the locals allegedly beat up the accused and ransacked his shop.
Police conducted medical examination on the victim and the accused today. Later, police forwarded the accused to the local court and he was remanded to judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected, police said.
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