The man raped the girls under pretext of taking them to watch a celebration associated with a procession on Sunday evening
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Preliminary investigations revealed that the man was unemployed and not known to the girls. The police identified him while checking the footage from a CCTV installed outside a house and apprehended him on Monday. They are looking into his background to check if he had a criminal history. The police also said that the girls have undergone medical tests and are awaiting the results. The man was charged with rape under the sections of the Indian Penal Code and relevant section of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act.
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