KARAIKAL: A 22-year-old man and a minor boy were arrested on Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl in Karaikal, an enclave of Puducherry. The alleged assault happened on Sunday and a complaint was lodged against the two on Monday.

Police on Tuesday said Pakkirisamy, who runs a juice shop at Thittacherry near Karaikal, lured the girl from the same locality by promising to take her to beach. The girl, who had lost her parents in an accident a couple of years ago and was staying with her grandmother, went with him in his motorcycle. Pakkirisamy picked up his friend, a 15-year-old boy, on the way and proceeded to a secluded spot along a railway track.

Police said the two raped the girl and fled from the scene. The girl managed to return home and narrated the assault to her grandmother and relatives, who lodged a complaint.

The cops arrested the accused and produced them before a local court that remanded Pakkirisamy to judicial custody. The minor boy was sent to a juvenile home. The court sent the girl to Karaikal government general hospital for medical examination.