Hyderabad, June 29 -- A fast-track special court on Monday, June 29, sentenced a 25-year-old labourer to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, in a case that took more than six years to wind its way through the system after it first came to light as a missing person complaint.

The Fast Track Special Court for Rape and POCSO Cases at LB Nagar, Ranga Reddy district, on Monday convicted Saadangi Venkatesh alias Sadula Venkatesh, a resident of Devender Nagar Colony, Raviryala village, Maheshwaram mandal. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 and directed him to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the victim.

The case began on February 10, 2020, when a complaint was filed at...