PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 5 -- A 17-year-old class 10 student, who had been accused of raping a minor disabled girl, was found hanging from a tree in an orchard outside a village in Kaushambi district on Sunday morning. This discovery came a day after a case was registered against him under rape charges and POCSO Act. According to police, the boy, a resident of the area under Paschimsharira police station and a Class 10 student at an inter college in Bakarganj had been named in a complaint lodged on Saturday. The complaint was filed by the mother of a disabled minor girl living opposite his house. In her statement, complainant alleged that the student had exploited her daughter, who has disabilities in her hands and legs, by promising to marry her. When the girl became pregnant and asked to fulfill his promise, he allegedly refused, prompting family to approach the police. Following the registration of the case, police launched a search to arrest the accused and reportedly raided his home three times on Saturday night. Family members stated that the boy fled the house in fear of arrest and did not return. On Sunday morning, villagers spotted his body hanging from a tree in a Mahua orchard outside the village. DSP (Kaushambi) Janardan Prasad Pandey, the Paschimsharira SHO, and a forensic team reached the spot. They conducted a preliminary inspection before sending body for postmortem examination. DSP said, "The postmortem will help establish cause of death. An investigation is underway, and action will be taken based on facts that emerge." htc...