A 26-year-old construction worker allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Virar on Friday at 4 pm. According to the Virar police, the incident occurred at a construction site near the survivor&rsquo;s residence.
<img title="Minor raped in Virar, Mumbai Crime" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/nov/minor-virar-rape.jpg" alt="Minor raped in Virar, Mumbai Crime" /> Representational picture
On the pretext of taking the survivor on a tour around the construction site and showing her the machines, the accused, identified as Sandesh Vinerkar, lured her into a secluded room and raped her.
The two were friends and the survivor visited the site when her mother left for work in Andheri. &ldquo;Vinerkar lured her into a room and raped the survivor. When the girl shout ed for help, other workers nabbed the accused and called the survivor&rsquo;s parents.
A police official from Virar police station said, &ldquo;The survivor&rsquo;s mother arrived at the spot half an hour after the incident. Unfortunately, the accused fled while he was being brought to the police station. The survivor&rsquo;s mother has registered a case against Vinerkar.&rdquo;

The accused, a construction worker allegedly lured the 16-year-old girl on pretext of showing her around the construction site; cops say he fled while being escorted to the police station

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