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Tribune News Service
Mandi, December 17
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her cousin in a forest area falling under the Sundernagar police station here on Sunday evening.
The accused has been arrested and will be produced in a court on Tuesday.
According to information, the incident took place when the victim was on her way to home in a bus. The accused was travelling in the same bus. When she alighted from the bus at Chalog Chowki, the accused started chasing her. He allegedly dragged her to a forest and raped her. The accused fled the spot after committing the crime.
The victim later narrated the incident to her parents, who lodged a complaint at the Sundernagar police station.
DSP, Sundernagar, Taranjeet Singh said the accused had been booked under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC.
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