A monk was arrested on the alleged charges of abduction and rape of a minor girl from Dhantala in Nadia district, police said today.
Rabindranath Mondal(48), a resident of Taherpur Rail gate area, abducted a 14-year-old girl from his neighbourhood on Tuesday. Police rescued the girl and arrested the man yesterday.
Mondal's wife was also arrested for colluding with her husband in the entire incident, they said.
Daughter of a hawker, the victim was sent for medical examination, police said, adding that further probes are on.
