A teenage girl was rescued from near a riverbank and admitted to hospital in a critical condition in Dhamnagar of the district on Sunday.
Sources said that two unidentified youths rescued the girl from near the Kochila river and admitted her to the Dhamnagar Community Health Centre (CHC).
But by the time the hospital admission formalities were over, the two youths had fled from the spot.
Later, the girl was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital after her condition deteriorated.
Sources said that the girl belongs to a minority community. Police are investigating into the incident. It is suspected that the girl was raped.