The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday handed over six-year-old missing girl Payal Bisoyee to her parents after rescuing her from the house of an auto-rickshaw driver in the lingipur area under the lingaraj police limits in the city. The girl had gone missing from the Nandankanan zoo on the outskirts of the city on October 4.
Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma told reporters that Payal from Shantinagar of Brahmapur city had come to the zoo with her parents and relatives on October 4 morning. While roaming around the zoo, she went missing at 1.30 pm.After searching for Payal for hours in and outside the zoo, Dr Sharma said, her parents and relatives informed the zoo authorities and in the evening lodged a complaint with the Nandankanan police station.
The police, with the help of zoo authorities, had searched the zoo and nearby sanctuary thoroughly but had not been able to find the girl. later on October 8, the police circulated her photograph to other police stations and pasted it at public places.Two days ago, one Binod Kumar Nayak, an auto-rickshaw driver, informed the police about the girl. The police found the girl from the house of another auto-rickshaw driver Kabiraj Rout at lingipur.
Dr Sharma said the girl was fit and fine while she was rescued. She was staying in Kabiraj’s home like a normal child. “Still we are investigating whether Kabiraj had criminal intention or not by keeping the girl child,” said Dr Sharma and added that the police informer Binod would be suitably rewarded.