According to police, the accused, Bablu, 26, used to regularly tease the victim in his neighbourhood – Sanjay Gandhi Nagar of Qutubullapur. On Sunday, on the pretext of giving chocolate, he invited the girl to his room and then committed the heinous offence. Before fleeing from the scene, he tied the girl’s hand and mouth with a cloth and locked her in an almirah. He then left the placed by locking his home from outside.

The victim’s parents grew suspicious when she did not return home. Since they suspected some foul play by Bablu, they took the help of neighbours and broke open the locked house. The victim was found lying unconscious in the almirah. She was immediately rushed to the Gandhi Hospital and undergoing treatment.

Police registered a case and launched man-hunt to arrest the accused who is absconding.