The Gurandi police have rescued a minor girl kidnapped from Machhamara village of Gajapati district near the Palasa railway station in Andhra Pradesh and arrested a youth in this connection.
According to sources, the girl was kidnapped by Prakash Kumar Deb of the same village on February 4.
Following the incident, the girl’s mother had lodged a complaint at the Gurandi police station on February 9 alleging that Prakash had kidnapped her daughter.
Police had registered a case and started investigation. The Andhra Pradesh police on Friday informed the Gurandi police that the girl had been found near the Palasa railway station.
later, a team of police personnel, led by Gurandi IIC JK Nayak, rushed to Palasa and rescued the girl and also arrested Prakash.
Meanwhile, medical examinations of the girl and the youth were conducted at the District Headquarters Hospital.