Kushinagar (UP), Jul 24 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly abducting, raping and forcefully converting the religion of a 14-year-old girl here, police said on Thursday.

Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra said that a case was registered after the girl's father filed a complaint on July 12 at the Nebua Naurangia police station, accusing Shamshad alias Munna of abducting his daughter.

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Following this, police teams rescued the minor and arrested Munna from Pipra Bazar on Thursday.

Mishra said Munna, a local resident working in Bengaluru, had taken the girl to a place near Kerala after forcefully changing her religion and raping her.

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He also changed her name to Nargis Khatoon and obtained an Aadhaar Card under this name, he added.

Further legal proceedings are underway.

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