Haldwani, July 31 -- Police have arrested two men for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Uttarakhand after she left her home following an argument with her family, officers said on Friday. The accused allegedly sexually assaulted the minor at different locations in Haldwani and Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar district before being arrested, police said.

Haldwani police station in-charge Vijay Mehta said that the girl's mother had lodged a missing complaint on July 29, following which the police registered a First Information Report (FIR) under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and launched a search operation.

Police teams examined CCTV footage from the area, which showed a man luring the minor into a car and driving...