India, Aug. 7 -- Police in Belagavi have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of raping a 5-year-old girl, police officials said.

The accused, identified as Tufelahmed Dadapeer Nagarachi, from Mahalingpur in Mudhol taluk, used to work as a maulvi at a mosque in Yaragatti town. Belagavi Superintendent of Police Bhimashankar Guled confirmed that the Murgod police reviewed the CCTV footage from the mosque. Nagarachi has confessed to the crime and has been remanded to judicial custody.

According to SP Guled, the police traced the victim's parents, who had not filed a formal complaint. The parents informed the police that they were hesitant to report the incident out of concern for their daughter's future.

"As the victim's family refused to f...