Rohtak, July 25 -- A science teacher of a private school in Jind was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abducting and raping a Class 12 girl student earlier this month, police officials aware of the matter said.

The accused teacher was arrested twelve days after the alleged incident. The private school is owned by a BJP leader and former minister in the state government.

Jind city police station SHO Manish Kumar said that the incident took place on July 10 coinciding with Guru Purnima when the science teacher asked the 17-year-old student to meet him outside her home and the two went off somewhere after which the girl's mother raised an alarm when her daughter didn't return.

"The girl's mother approached the police and lodged a missing...