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Youth held for raping minor girl in Goa

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Press Trust of India Panaji

The accused, Manjunath Shinde, who was living in the girl's neighbourhood, allegedly led her into his room yesterday by luring her with some food items and raped her there, police said.

The victim's mother later lodged a complaint, police said, adding that the accused went into hiding in the nearby forest from where he was nabbed last evening.

Shinde, hailing from Karnataka, was working as a truck driver with a mining firm, police said.

  

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First Published: Oct 15 2012 | 9:35 AM IST

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