Panchkula, July 27 -- Acting swifty, the district police re-arrested a POCSO Act case accused within 24 hours of his escape from the custody of Pinjore police on Friday morning.

The accused, aged 22 and a native of Kishanganj, Bihar, was initially arrested on July 18 from Kokrajhar, Assam, in connection with a case registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at the Pinjore police station on July 10.

The complainant had alleged that his 15-year-old daughter had left home without informing anyone. Launching a probe, police found that the accused, a YouTuber, who lived near a friend of the victim in Panchkula, lured her away.

The accused took the minor to...