A YouTuber has been arrested and a police sub-inspector was booked in connection with the alleged abduction and gangrape of a 14-year-old girl in the Sachendi area of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, PTI quoted the police as saying on Wednesday.

The alleged assault sparked outrage in the state after a video of the girl accusing the police of inaction was widely circulated on social media.

Subsequently, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Dinesh Chandra Tripathi was removed from his post and Sachendi Station House Officer Vikram Singh was suspended for alleged lapses and distortion of facts.

The girl, a Class 7 dropout, had been allegedly abducted in a SUV at about 10 pm on Monday, PTI quoted unidentified police officers as having said.

She was then taken to a deserted spot near a railway track and was allegedly sexually assaulted for nearly two hours before being abandoned outside her house in an unconscious state, the officers added.

Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal told reporters that Sub-Inspector Amit Kumar Maurya and YouTuber Shivbaran Yadav had been named in the first information report based on the girl’s statement.

While Yadav was arrested, four teams were formed to nab the absconding sub-inspector, Lal added.

Earlier, the family of the 14-year-old had alleged that the police were attempting to cover up the assault, claiming that they were initially turned away when they mentioned the involvement of an officer, PTI reported.

The girl’s brother claimed that the police had also seized her mobile phone and prevented her from returning home until her court statement was recorded.

Singh, the station house officer at Sachendi Police Station, was suspended for failing to invoke the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act initially and for allegedly misrepresenting facts in case records, according to the news agency.

While Deenanath Mishra has been given the charge of the police station, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Kapil Dev Singh was directed to take over the investigation.