The Kendrapada Town police on Saturday arrested two youths on the charges of kidnapping a minor girl, who belongs to a minority community, on May 30 near the Shiva temple of Fakirabad village with the help of a woman dance teacher of the locality while the girl was going to a cyber café to see her CBSE 10th Class result published on internet.
Kendrapada town police station IIC Ranjan Kumar Dey said the 16-year-old girl was going to a Badahat-based cyber café when Krishna Kumar Kar of Kajala and Manish Kumar Padhi of Dhundababa Mutt Colony near the Kendrapada College came there by a motorbike. The woman dance teacher, known to the girl, came near her and lured her to act in an Odia album. The two young men with the help of the dance teacher kidnapped the girl by making unconscious after putting some chemical substance into her nose.
When the girl regained her consciousness, she found a mobile phone and cash of Rs 300 in her purse and came to know that she was in Cuttack. The girl then communicated with her family members, who rescued her the same day. later, the two youths made a second attempt to lure the girl to go with them for getting opportunity to act in an Odia album. When she refused, they warned her not to disclose the matter to anyone including the police or else she would face dire consequences.
The girl on Saturday lodged an FIR at the police station, following which the police arrested the Kar and Padhi after conducting raids. Haunt is on to nab the dance teacher. Notably, Padhi was a dancer and participated in some dance competitions in Odia TV channels.