A dance teacher has reportedly kidnapped three girls of the Delenga area in Puri district and kept them captive in Uttar Pradesh. This came to light when victims’ family members lodged FIRs at the Delanga police station. Following the report, a special team of the Puri police on Saturday left for Uttar Pradesh to rescue the girls. According to sources, dance teacher Karna Das of Umar village under the Delanga police station allegedly kidnapped the trio on April 19 while they were going to Baleswar to perform a stage show.
Karna had taken Prangya Jena of Tilapatna, Itishree Swain Telkoi of and Priyanka Pradhan of Bidarpur village under the Delanga police limits for the Baleswar stage show. After completion of the show, Karna took them to Uttar Pradesh. After getting information that the teacher has kidnapped the girls, the family members of the girls have approached the Delanga police prompting them inquire into the incident. “Investigation has been initiated into the case. A team of police officers have left for Uttar Pradesh to rescue them,” said Puri SP Asish Singh. Meanwhile, sources said that the girls were traced in Sonpur of UP and were rescued by the local police.