KOTTAYAM: A 19-year-old boy was arrested for sexually abusing a girl of his age and impregnating her after befriending her on Facebook. He took her to lodges and many tourist centres in the pretext of marriage and raped her. The Manarcaud police arrested the boy identified as Ajith of Madeena Manzil in Kollam. The woman lodged a complaint against him asserting that he deserted her when she asked him to marry her after becoming pregnant. The youth produced in the court has been remanded.

She told him that if he doesn’t marry her, it would be a disgrace for her family. He soon left the place switching off his phone. She waited for his call for over a week and then lodged the complaint.

Manarcaud station house officer A C Manoj Kumar conducted a probe and arrested him from Kollam. Ajith told police the name of the places he took the girl. A team led by sub inspector Anil Kumar, civil police officers, Reji John, Frajin Das, Vipin Kumar and Shanthi nabbed the boy from Kollam.