Kanpur, Jan. 8 -- The role of a police constable is under investigation and a local journalist has been taken into custody in connection with the alleged abduction and gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, officials said on Wednesday. According to the complaint, the minor, a class 7 dropout, had went out of her home around 10pm on Monday when she was allegedly abducted by two men travelling in an SUV. One of the accused was wearing a police uniform. The girl told the police that she was taken to a deserted location near a railway track in Sachendi, where she was allegedly sexually assaulted inside the vehicle for nearly two hours. She was later abandoned in an unconscious state outside her house, they said. The family approached senior officials on Tuesday, following which an FIR was registered under sections related to abduction and gang rape under the Pocso Act, police said. The girl has undergone a medical examination and the report is awaited, DCP (West) Dinesh Tripathi said. Efforts are on to identify and arrest the constable, he added. htc...