<p>Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after promising to marry her, an official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The girl became pregnant after the man raped her repeatedly, the official from Vikramgad police station said.</p>.<p>The victim and the accused were neighbours at a village in Vikramgad area. The accused allegedly raped her on the pretext of marriage, he said.</p>.<p>During a medical examination recently, the girl was found to be four months' pregnant following which her parents filed a police complaint against the man on Monday, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on the complaint, the accused was arrested and a case registered against him under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.</p>.<p>The identity of the accused has so far not been revealed by the police. </p>
<p>Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after promising to marry her, an official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The girl became pregnant after the man raped her repeatedly, the official from Vikramgad police station said.</p>.<p>The victim and the accused were neighbours at a village in Vikramgad area. The accused allegedly raped her on the pretext of marriage, he said.</p>.<p>During a medical examination recently, the girl was found to be four months' pregnant following which her parents filed a police complaint against the man on Monday, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on the complaint, the accused was arrested and a case registered against him under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.</p>.<p>The identity of the accused has so far not been revealed by the police. </p>