MUZAFFARNAGAR: A Muslim cleric has been arrested for allegedly abducting an 11-year-old girl in Budhana town of the district.

Abdul Rahim, the imam of a Mosque, was arrested yesterday after the girl, who was missing since August 21 was found in Budhana when police questioned Abdul.

The child's family had filed a missing complaint and during investigation police had nabbed the cleric.

The cleric was today produced before the court of chief judicial magistrate K P Singh who sent him to 14-day judicial custody.