India, Dec. 30 -- A 19-year-old who is accused of raping a Class 10 student for months before she filed a police complaint was arrested at Silchar's Kumbirgram Airport soon after he landed on Tuesday morning, police said.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Cachar, Partha Pratim Das said the accused, Rohit Biswas, fled the state soon after the girl lodged a rape case against him at Malugram Police Station in Silchar on December 15.

He was arrested soon after he returned to Silchar on Tuesday, he said.

The rape survivor, a student of Class 10, lodged a complaint on December 15, alleging that the accused coerced her into sexual relations repeatedly over eight months through threats and later subjected her to digital harassment.

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