The police raided the priest's house and rescued the victim. (Picture for representation)

The police in Punjab's Gurdaspur have arrested a priest on charges of raping a minor girl. The accused priest was produced in the local court which remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.

The victim's mother said in the police complaint that her daughter, a Class 9 student, had gone to school on Tuesday but did not return home.

The family suspected that a local priest, Parvej, was responsible for it, whose behaviour was suspicious. He was known to the family and often visited their house.

The police raided his house and rescued the victim.

"On the basis of the complaint, police raided the house of the accused priest and recovered the minor girl under suspicious circumstances," the SHO at Bhaini Mian Khan police station said.

A case was registered against the accused priest and he was charged with kidnapping and rape.