India, May 19 -- Two men, aged 23 and 24, have been arrested in separate cases of alleged rape of 16-year-old girls in Dombivli, with both incidents coming to light only after the victims were found to be pregnant, police said.

In the first case, registered with Manpada police station, a 23-year-old man, a painter, allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl and later fled to Uttar Pradesh to evade arrest. The case surfaced a week ago after the victim's family discovered that she was pregnant and approached the police.

The accused, who belongs to the same village as the victim, used to reside with the victim's family before fleeing back to his village. Police traced the accused to Uttar Pradesh using technical surveillance and intelligence input...