The Raghunathpur police have arrested a youth and rescued a minor girl from Gholabandha village in Ganjam district.
Rabindra Sahoo had kidnapped the girl from Sadeipur village under Raghunathpur block on October 4. He hails from Gholabandha village and had been maintaining a love affair with the girl, who is a Class-IX student. The girl was found missing from house, following which her mother had lodged an FIR at the Raghunathpur police station.
Police launched a probe; and taking clues and by tracking the mobile phone of the girl, reached Gholabandha and rescued her and arrested the youth custody from Dumduma in Bhubaneswar.
Both were produced in court after medical examinations. Later, the girl was handed over to her parents and the youth was sent to jail, informed Raghunathpur PS IIC Niranjan Mallick.