The Commissionerate Police on Friday rescued a minor girl, who had been kidnapped from the Bargarh area here four days ago, from Keonjhar and arrested a couple in this connection. The girl was handed over to her parents.
On Thursday, the parents of the 13-year-old girl had met Commissioner of Police YB Khurania seeking immediate rescue of their daughter.
Two teams, including a special squad of the Commissionerate Police, raided various places at Keonjhar and rescued the girl.
The couple Bishnu Prasad Moharana and Rasmita Moharana, who were residing at the girl’s house on rent, had abducted the minor girl on February 8 when she was on her way to school. They first took her to Cuttack and then to Keonjhar, where they kept her in a hotel room for a day before shifting to a rented accommodation in the town, the girl said.
During her stay in Keonjhar, the man was talking about taking her to Bengaluru, she added. The girl was allegedly kidnapped from Nuasahi under the Badgada police station area here on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, police forwarded the couple, to court.The couple , who originally belongs to Godipada village in Nayagarh district, had been staying in the girl’s house on rent for last few months.