The Eintkhedi police have booked a 27-year-old youth who tried to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from Karond Khurd on March 14; a case was registered after grandparents who saved her lodged complaint on Tuesday.
Police said the accused Omu Sahariya tried to kidnap the victim who was sleep at her house and was forced to left the house after grandparents woke up and rescued the girl.
The accused who lives in the same locality entered house around 1 in the night and tried to kidnap the girl by threatening her of life but the girl braved and bite in his hand which he had kept over victim’s mouth to keep her mum. After the victim managed to get rid of hold she scuffled with the accused and raised alert which woke her grandparents and they rushed to her rescue.
Police found that the family is acquainted with the accused and he used to visit the house of the victim. The victim lives with her grandparents after her parents of the girl left her at their house. The parents work as labourer.
After the grandmother work up she alerted neighbours who tried to catch the miscreant but he managed to escape and is still at large. The grandparents lodged complaint on Tuesday with the Eintkhedi police.
Based on the complaint police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act and started to search for the accused who is still at large.