Latur, Apr 11 (PTI) A man was arrested in Latur for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl last week, police said on Sunday.

Akram Pathan (26) had raped the girl at a religious place in Shedol in Nilanga tehsil on April 6, and had absconded soon after, an official said.

"He was held from Erandi-Sarola village in Ausa," the Nilanga police station official said.

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