Mangalwara police have booked a 17-year-old boy for sexually assaulting a Gwalior based 19-year-old girl on August 20; a case was registered on Tuesday.
The matter surfaced after the two were found at Bhopal railway station by GRP Bhopal while waiting for train late in the night on Tuesday. In the initial investigation it was found that the girl is a resident of Gwalior and left the house on August 19 and later she met the accused and accompanied her to a hotel where she was raped by the accused.
The GRP handed over the accused to Managalwara police after it was found that the victim was raped at Manjeet hotel under Mangalwara police station area.
SHO Mangalwara police Umesh Singh said that GRP Bhopal detained the accused along with girl from Bhopal railway station under suspicious circumstances on Tuesday night. The girl claimed that she was raped by the boy and she did not raise alert as he was not acquainted anyone and no place to go. Mangalwara police registered a case of sexual assault against the minor boy. He was arrested and sent to juvenile reform home while the girl was sent to Gauravi One Stop Crisis Centre.