A minor girl kidnapped from Sarojini Nagar area of south Delhi last month has been rescued from Motihari in Bihar, said police on Tuesday, adding that two traffickers were arrested on Monday.
Police had began looking for the missing 14-year-old girl after victim’s father filed a complaint at Sarojini Nagar police station on September 2.
The girl had gone to attend tution class on August 30 evening and had failed to return to her home, said Ishwar Singh, DCP(south).
The girl somehow managed to call her father on September 28 and told him that she had been held hostage somewhere in Bihar but she does not know the exact place, said Singh. Police traced the call originating from labladpur village in Mothihari district of Bihar. later, a police team rescued the girl from there on September 30, said the officer.
Also, police arrested accused Sanjay Rai who had confined the girl in his house and married her against her will, said the officer.
They were brought to Delhi where the girl recorded her statement in a court, said the officer, adding that she said in her statement that one Vinod met her on August 30 evening and told her that her father had met with an accident and then convinced her to go with four youth on the pretext of taking her to hospital. Also, police arrested Vinod, he said.
Police investigation also revealed that a woman Sukho Devi was also involved in kidnapping of the girl and got ` 20,000 from Sanjay Rai.
Further investigation is in progress and team has been dispatched to Bihar in search of remaining accused persons, added the officer.