Chennai, Nov 4 (PTI) A man was arrested here on Thursday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl who had gone missing days ago.

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Police said after the girl's parents lodged a complaint that their child was missing from November 1, an investigation was launched which revealed that a 21-year-old man, who too resided in the victim's neighbourhood, had taken her away.

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The man had lured her, tied mangalsutra around her neck and later had sexual intercourse with her, they said.

A case was registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the IPC.

He was arrested and produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody. He was lodged in a jail here.

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