The Pattamundai police on Saturday night arrested a person on the charge of kidnapping a Plus Three Final year girl student and also rescued the girl from his possession. Pattamundai police station IIC Baruni Das said the arrested person was identified as Sk Halimuddin of Orta village.
The 20-year-old girl, daughter of a man of village Terohi, lodged an FIR that while she was going to attend class at the Nigamananda College of Rahama, she was kidnapped on the way near Sankrupa village road by Halimuddin in an auto-rickshaw after putting clothes in her mouth. As they reached Kendrapada town suspiciously, locals took them to the Town police station after the girl, who was in college uniform, informed the locals about her kidnap.
The Kendrapara Town police detained Halimuddin and the girl and informed their Pattamundai counterparts in the matter. The Pattamundai police later arrested Halimuddin and rescued the girl. Halimuddin was produced before a local court on Sunday. He was remanded to jail custody after his bail petition was rejected by the court.