Four accused including three members of a family were arrested on Wednesday for kidnapping and rape of a minor girl from Ibrahimganj locality of the walled city.
According to the Chhola Mandir police the victim used to live with her maternal uncle near Hanuman Temple of Chhola Mandir area. On February 13 her neighbour Preeti Devilal lured her of good future and took her to Bhagwati Devi who married her son Bunty alias Rajesh with the victim at Gadarwara. They returned after the marriage and held the victim captive for 5 months.
When the family members found that the girl was missing they started searching for her but failed to find her and subsequently, a missing person’s complaint was lodged with the Chhola Mandir.
The station house officer of Chhola Mandir police station Mohan Sarwan told that the victim came to Bhopal in the month of February 2013 and within few days she became acquainted with Preeti Uike who lured her with job of domestic help for a family of four people and took her to Sarita Panthi who informed her mother Bhagwati Panthi about the victim, after which Bhagwati offered the victim to marry her deaf and dumb son Rajesh but the victim refused. Instead of taking Preeti to her maternal uncle’s house, married her to Rajesh in Gadarwara on February 15.
The accused were nabbed on Wednesday after the victim lodged a complaint. The victim is pregnant and is undergoing treatment, he added. The police have registered a case under section 363, 366, 368, 376 and 120 (B) of the IPC and section 5 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence 2012.