Two girls raped in Uttar Pradesh in separate cases

Two girls were allegedly raped by ir uncles in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Banda and Chitrakoot, police said on Monday.

In Banda, a nine-year-old girl was abducted by her uncle from her home on Saturday night while she was sleeping, y said.

He allegedly took her to a forest and raped her, SHO of Tindwari police station Ram Dinesh Tiwari said.

accused, identified as Chandu, was arrested by police based on a complaint lodged by girl's far, Tiwari said, adding that he confessed to his crime during interrogation.

girl was recovered from forest on Sunday and was rushed to hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable, SHO said.

In a similar incident, a 10-year-old girl, who had gone to her grandmor's house in Chitrakoot for a marri function, was allegedly raped by her uncle, police said.

SHO of Bharatkoop police station Sanjay Upadhyay said incident took place on June 20.

girl narrated her ordeal to her family members on June 24 after which police were informed and an FIR was registered in case on June 27, he said.

Police arrested accused, identified as Gorelal, on Sunday and girl was sent to a hospital for medical examination. PTI CORR ABN SNE