A man from Haveri was arrested on Thursday for raping a minor girl, near St. Cruz suburb of Panaji, police said.
The accused Mohammad Rafil Patel was a friend of the 17-year-old victim’s family. He had allegedly raped the victim in November last year.
“The victim filed a First Information Report at the Old Goa police station after she discovered that she was pregnant,” police inspector in-charge of the Old Goa police station Jivba Dalvi told DH.
Patel (31) has been arrested and booked under IPC Section 376 of Goa Children’s Act and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.