Ballia / Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), September 10: Uttar Pradesh police on Monday shared that two women and a girl were raped in separate incidents in Ballia and Sultanpur districts of the state.

In a statement police said that a 24-year-old man raped a teenage girl in a village in Ballia district. The incident took place when the young girl had gone to a field to cut grass. The police have registered an FIR on a complaint by the victim on Sunday under sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act. A search was on to nab the accused, identified as Chhotu.

In another incident a 27-year old woman on Sunday alleged that she was raped for three years by her relative on the promise of marriage in a village under Gadwar police station area. The woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that Ajay Paswan (22) had been raping her for the past three years on the promise of marriage but was now refusing, said Praveen Singh, a local police official.

After she approached the police a case was registered against the accused and he was arrested from Chaugda trisection on Monday. The woman was sent to the district hospital for medical examination, Singh added.

Similarly, a 30-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped on Sunday in Sultanpur. The accused thrashed the woman when she resisted and he absconded after committing the crime, SHO (Dhanpatganj) Manoj Sharma said.

The victim's family lodged a police complaint about the incident and a case was registered against Dayaram (48), the SHO said, adding that efforts are on to nab him.