Hoshiarpur police said on October 2 that a man had been booked over allegations of kidnapping and raping a child. The investigation remains open, and the report did not announce an arrest.
Station house officer Amarjit Kaur told PTI that the case invokes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act. Police placed the alleged offence in September, so today's development is the disclosure of the case.
The Tribune and Rediff carried the same PTI dispatch. Neither provided the FIR's registration date or an accused response. The allegations have not been decided in court; identifying details of the child are omitted.