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Agartala: Tripura police has arrested two men for allegedly raping two minor girls in Khowai and Unakoti districts of the state.

Police on Wednesday apprehended an 88-year-old man for allegedly raping his 7-year-old grandchild in the Khowai district.

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He was arrested based on a complaint filed by the mother of the minor.

In another incident, an 18-year-old boy was arrested on the charge of kidnapping, raping and marrying a 14-year-old girl at Pecharthal in Unakoti district.

The boy was arrested acting on the minor girlโ€™s fatherโ€™s complaint on Thursday.

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Police booked him under multiple charges including kidnapping, rape, sexual assault, and abetting child marriage.

โ€œBoth the accused persons are currently in judicial custody for 14 days. Investigation of these cases are underway,โ€ said assistant inspector general, Jyotishman Das Chowdhury.

Earlier on November 12, police arrested a 64-year-old man for allegedly raping his two-and-a-half-year-old neighbour girl at Kamalpur in Dhalai district.

Two gang-rape cases of minor girls were recorded in Tripura in the last month.  

A 16-year-old-girl was allegedly gang-raped at Kumarghat in Unakoti district and another 13-year-old girl was gang-raped at Kalyanpur in Khowai district.