Coimbatore, Sep 17 (PTI): A 20-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on the charge of abducting a minor girl here under the pretext of marrying her, police said.

Acting on a complaint from her parents, the 13-year-old girl, gone missing over the last two days, was traced to nearby Tirupur through her mobile phone records, the police said.

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The accused Prashanth, working in a garments factory, hails from Gudalur in Nilgiris district, they said.

He was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and lodged in jail here, they said.

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The girl was handed over to her parents, the police added.

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