Sakinaka Police Station Senior Police Inspector Balwant Deshmukh said that the accused, identified as a local, Mohan Chavan, 45, was arrested hours after the dastardly crime and is being interrogated.
The police said that stern action will be taken against the accused person and appealed to people to desist from taking help from the racket when coming for the darshan of Lord Jagannath.
The incident took place on Thursday night when the victim's cousin took her to a secluded place where he and his friend gang-raped her, a senior officer said.
The police have recovered 19 mobile phones, 14 registers and copies containing the details of applicants and their payments and further investigation is underway.
The accused were found operating the call centre without any valid documents, a police officer said.
According to beliefs, young girls are made to walk naked with a wooden shaft rested on their shoulders with a frog tied to it. Women accompanying these girls sing bhajans to praise the rain god.
The incident took place on Sunday, police said, adding the body has been sent for postmortem examination.
The accused and the 23-year-old victim were living together in a flat in Sadi Compound of Nallasopara since September 1.
The police have begun an investigation into the matter after the 32-minute audio clip went viral on Saturday. On the same day, the girl's brother committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada canal in the Sanchore area of the district, a police officer said.
The accused had made fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms by posing as a woman, a senior police official said.
According to sources, the accused boy has confessed to the crime which took place near the Kanshi Ram Colony in Sumerpur town.
Based on the technical details brought out during investigation, it was also found that a large number of people across the country have become victims of these fake websites.
According to the complainant, the accused had also shot her nude pictures through which he used to blackmail her.
The Kerala Police on Saturday exhumed a woman's mortal remains from a pit dug inside her lover's home in Idukki district after she was reported missing since August 15, said an officer.
Azad killed Alimuddin when he was on a walk in the area on Friday night. As his brother dropped in a pool of blood, Azad fled the scene brandishing his sword, Circle First officer Mahipal Singh said.
Police said that the accused, Sahebrao Nikalje, allegedly strangulated to death his 45-year-old wife Sushila and later tried to burn her to hide her identity.
The woman had gone to her cousin's house in the Shivli area to take a rest on Thursday when the incident took place and her body was recovered on Friday, Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Dehat) Keshav Kumar Choudhary said.
Puttur police had on Wednesday registered a case against the five people on charges of criminal intimidation, unlawful assembly and wrongful restraint.
The injured child was first admitted to a private hospital after the assault, and from there, referred to the district hospital.
Around 400 preactivated SIM cards, WiFi modems of different service providers, laptops and other communication equipment were also seized.
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