Surat youth faces rape charge after eloping with teenage girl

Falling in love with and marrying a teenage girl proved costly for a youth of the city. The Surat police on Sunday evening arrested the man from Uttar Pradesh after a complaint of abduction and rape of the girl was registered against him. The girl has been sent to her parents' home. 

According to the police, Rajkumar alias Kumar Rajput 22, a resident of Amroli, and his 'wife' Sujatha (name change) 15, a resident of Gayatri nagar in Amorli, fell in love with each other.

They fled from their respective houses two weeks back. Later on, Rajput, a labourer at a jari factory in Surat took Sujatha to his native at Khemania village in Uttar Pradesh and married her despite her being a minor.

The duo even held a reception of their marriage.

Meanwhile, Sujatha's father lodged a complaint with Amroli police station, alleging Rajput of abducting and raping his girl. The police traced the duo in Uttar Pradesh.  Rajput was arrested.