Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Sept 28: The police claimed to have recovered the minor girl who was allegedly kidnapped by some youth of the other community from Dangri area of Rajouri three days ago.
The police party from Rajouri nabbed the accused and recovered the girl from a house in Shopian area today. The accused namely Mehboob Manhas hailing from Manhas Mohalla in Rajouri was also nabbed.
Giving details SSP Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said that girl (name withheld) was abducted by a boy from Manhas Mohalla of Jawahar Nagar in Rajouri three days ago after which parents of girl lodged their complaint in Police Station Rajouri and a case under relevant sections of law was registered.
Soon after the registration, SSP said, team of police headed by DySP (Prob) Ishan Gupta and Station House Officer Rajouri Sameer Jillani started investigation and four persons suspected to have helped the prime accused in abduction of girl were detained and put to questioning.
Sensing gravity of the case, a special team headed by Deputy SP Headquarters Surinder Khadyar was also constituted while a protest staged by parents and relatives of abducted girl on highway on Friday was pacified on the assurance that the case will be solved shortly.
SSP said that during investigation some vital leads were developed that girl and accused could have been present in a village of Shopian district.
He said that the information was shared with District Police Shopian and a special team headed by DySP Ishan Gupta and SHO Rajouri was sent to Shopian. However, some people tried to resist the operation but police teams of Shopian and Rajouri dealt the situation in a professional manner and succeeded in rescuing the girl.
The prime accused of the case-Mehboob Manhas, resident of Chandimarh and at present in Manhas Mohalla of Rajouri was also nabbed. He said further investigation of the case is going on.