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PATNA: A 35-year-old man out on bail in a rape case allegedly broke into the house of another girl, aged 13, and raped her in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Saturday night, leading to his re-arrest Sunday. The accused, Divya Prakash alias Abhinav, was LJP-RV’s labour cell district president. He was expelled from the party, LJP-RV’s labour cell district president Pawan Kumar said. Police stated the girl’s parents were asleep and her siblings were at their grandparents’ house at the time of the crime. While her father was sleeping on the verandah, she heard a sound near the window and woke up. On finding the window’s plywood removed, she allegedly hid herself under the bed out of fear. Meanwhile, Abhinav allegedly entered the room through the window and raped her after threatening to kill her, she claimed. On hearing her cries, her father allegedly woke up and rushed to save her. He and Abhinav had a brief scuffle, following which the accused fled. Her father informed some villagers, following which incensed locals allegedly vandalised accused’s house, police said. Cops from several stations reached the village and arrested Abhinav soon after. “Abhinav was serving a jail term in a rape case and was recently released on bail. He was rearrested and sent to prison,” the SHO of the local PS said.
