A girl student of a city-based university was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a youth on August 30 afternoon while she was returning home, according to a belated report on Sunday.
Police have arrested the accused, identified as Akshay Das (22) alias Raja of Khordha.
Raja and his associates, after abducting the girl, had drugged her when she tried to raise alarm while being forcibly taken to Puri in a vehicle.
Later, family members of the girl had lodged a ‘missing’ complaint with the Saheed Nagar police after failing to know her whereabouts.
Acting on information about the girl’s presence at a slum near Khandagiri here, police raided the place and rescued her, besides arresting Raja. As per the statement of the girl, Raja had taken her to Ganjam and Puri on the pretext of providing her a job and raped her at hotels. He was also planning for trafficking her outside the State.