A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the rape of a seven-year-old in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

The MBVV police apprehended the accused, Rameshkumar Ramraksha Jaiswal (20), in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday, an official release stated while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI.