Gurugram, Mar 2 (PTI) A man allegedly lured a 16-year-old girl of his village under the Farrukhnagar police station area on the pretext of giving her a ride in his car and raped her in the vehicle, police said on Wednesday.

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Accused Sanjay alias Chhota called out the girl sleeping in her room from the window and took her away in his car and dropped her before a school gate in the village, police said.

The fact that the girl had gone missing was reported to the police by her mother following which a police team launched a search for her and recovered her from near the school gate, Additional SHO Vikas Kumar of Farrkhnagar police station said.

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This incident happened on late Tuesday night, he said, adding the girl was subsequently sent for medical examination and a case of rape under IPC and POCSO Act provisions was registered after the offence was medically confirmed.

The police are trying to nab the accused, he said.

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