A senior police officer said Petla Das was arrested from his Sitai residence for allegedly raping a 9-year old girl of Class-IV of the same locality on December 30, last year when the victim's parents were away.
The mother of the girl took her to the Sitai Block Hospital and a medical test was done.
However, the victim's father filed a second FIR yesterday alleging the accused was roaming in the area despite filing of an FIR by her mother on January one.
The arrested was produced at a special court in Cooch Behar today.
On June 20, a missing teenage girl was found hanging from a tree near BDO office without any clothes on her body, at Sitai in the district.