India, April 23 -- New Delhi

A 17-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, who was upset with her family members and came to Delhi last Friday, was allegedly drugged and raped by an auto-rickshaw driver in a park in north Delhi's Wazirabad on Saturday, police said. After the rape, the driver dumped the unconscious girl on a roadside and fled to his home town in Motihari of Bihar, from where he was arrested on Monday, the police said on Wednesday.

Police identified the accused as Raj Kumar, 23, who lived in a rented accommodation at Milan Vihar near Wazirabad. They are checking his antecedents to ascertain if he has a criminal history. He was booked under sections 76 and 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 10 of t...