Chandan Pandey, 27, has been named as the accused. (Representational)
Ballia: Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested a youth on charges of abducting and raping a 24-year-old married woman, officials said.
Accused Chandan Pandey, 27, who stays in Gadwar police station area, allegedly kidnapped the 24-year-old woman from her in-laws' house located in Bansdih Road police station limits on May 17 and raped her, Bansdih Station House Officer Raj Kumar Singh said.
A case was registered against him on May 23. He was arrested from a hotel in Parikhra village, Singh said.
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