Hyderabad, Feb. 20 -- The Cyberabad police on Thursday apprehended a 19-year-old man and a minor boy for allegedly abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl belonging to a minority community on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Serilingampally deputy commissioner of police Ch Srinivas said, adding that another minor boy who allegedly took part in the offence was absconding.

In a statement, the DCP said the Narsingi police received a complaint from the victim's mother on Tuesday that her daughter, a Class 9 student staying with her grandmother, had left for school on Monday morning and had not returned home in the evening.

"The mother approached the police, after failing to find the whereabouts of the girl despite searching and making enquiries....