Ballia, Mar 25 (PTI) A 22-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a mentally challenged minor boy in a village under Bansdih police station limits here, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Suraj Verma, was produced in a local court, which sent him to jail, they said.

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Bansdih station in-charge Sanjay Singh said a case was registered under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, based on a complaint by the boy's father.

According to the complaint, Suraj took the 17-year-old boy on the pretext of feeding him gutka on March 22 and raped him.

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Following this, the boy's health had deteriorated. When his health improved, he informed his father about the incident, police said.

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