Faridbad: : 28-year-old held in Palla over kidnapping and rape of minor

Police said the girl was rescued from the suspect’s rented accommodation and admitted to hospital for treatment.

Published on: May 30, 2026, 09:55:07 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A 28-year-old man was arrested within hours of allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in the Palla area of Faridabad on Thursday night, police said.

The accused was traced through CCTV footage after the victim’s family launched a search when she failed to return home. (File Photo)

The victim, a Class VI student at a private school, was on her way to a birthday party in her locality after 9.30pm when the suspect lured her to his rented accommodation, said Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer, Faridabad police.

“After taking her inside, the suspect raped her. “The victim had fainted, after which he had carried her to the terrace and hid her in a corner behind an overhead water tank,” Yadav said.

When the girl did not return home by 11pm, her family — she had been living with her maternal uncle and aunt in Palla for six years — began searching for her. “They came to know that she had not even attended the birthday party. After failing to locate her anywhere, the family started searching her,” Yadav said.

Investigators scanned CCTV footage from the locality and identified the suspect escorting the girl. The family entered his room but found her on the terrace, unconscious. After reviving her, she narrated her ordeal before fainting again. She was rushed to hospital, and police were alerted.

An FIR was registered on Friday on the complaint of the victim’s maternal aunt under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act at Palla police station. The suspect has confessed to the crime, police said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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