A joint team of district police and their Andhra Pradesh counterpart from Vijaywada on Sunday carried out raids at different locations in the city in search of the girl who had gone missing from Vijaywada around six months ago. After the team’s efforts did not yield desired results, city police pressed special operation group (SPG) team into service to trace out the girl along with the youth who allegedly took away the girl.
A team of Andhra Pradesh police along with Shankar lal Prajapati, the father of the girl, arrived here in the morning. The team consulted its local counterpart, seeking their cooperation in searching the girl. Prajapati, who owns a tea shop in Vijaywada, told the police that his teenage aughter used to come to the shop often. Ezaj, a resident of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, also used to visit the shop. He alleged that Ezaj took away his daughter by coaxing her around six months ago.
Police said that lal lodged complaint with Vijaywada police. Moreover, a person called up lal and told him that his daughter was living in a house at Kanwali road area. After receiving the information, he informed Vijaywada police that constituted a team which reached Dehradun. Police said that Shankar also possesses picture of his daughter which was identified by some locals here.
The police team along with its local counterparts carried out raid at the location. However, the girl was not there.
Moreover, Prajapati along with the police team called on superintendent of police (City) Jagdish Chandra, seeking his favour who immediately directed local police to look into the matter and extend all possible cooperation to Andhra police. “A police team has been deployed to trace out the girl. Simultaneously, SOG has also been pressed into service,” the SP said, adding that the teams would recover the girl soon.