A police jawan was booked for raping a minor girl at Kawardha, police said here on Saturday.
The accused identified as Constable Amit Gautam was posted in Kotwali police station and was part of the dial 112 team, City Superintendent of Police Ghanshyam Kanware said.
According of Kanware, the victim, a 17-year-old girl, reported the matter to police and case against Gautam was registered under Section 376 (Rape) 506 B (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 5-6 of POSCO Act on late Friday evening.
According to police sources, the accused knew the victim from the time he was part of the district crime branch team.
The accused somehow got a hint that the victim was going to report the matter to police and disappeared from the duty about 15 to 20 hours before the case was registered against him, the CSP said.
A manhunt has been launched to nab the accused, the police officer added.