Police arrested a youth on the charge of abduction of a minor girl from her village Singpur under the Beltukuri police station in the district after befriending her on Facebook.
The accused identified as Mohammed Amatarul, is a resident of Malda district of West Bengal.
The police caught the accused red- handed while he was about to flee with the girl from her village on Tuesday.
According to reports, the 22-year-old youth and th girl were friends on Facebook six months ago. After interacting with each other online, the duo fell in love and wanted to meet personally.
Police sources said that Amatarul had asked the girl for meeting on January 12. While he was trying to run away secretly along with the girl from her village, the locals informed the police about it.
Based on a complaint by the girl’s father, police have detained the youth for interrogation.
Sources said the youth confessed to the crime before police during interrogation.
Later, police arrested him and forwarded him to court.