Enraged over police apathy in tracing the accused who kidnapped a 12-year-old girl on Friday night, a group of people including victim’s parents staged a protest against the Delhi Police in front of Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital.
Angry people came on the road while shouting slogans against the police and blocked the road. Six Delhi Transport Corporation (TDC) buses were damaged during the protest.
Senior police officers of North East district police said that a case has been registered and efforts were on to trace the girl. Additional Commissioner of Police, North East VV Chaudhary said that they have taken every step that was required to locate the girl and restore her to her parents. A call was received on Police Control Room (PCR) at 9.26 pm on Friday that a 12-year-old girl was reportedly missing. ACP Seemapuri and Station House Officer (SHO) Nand Nagri reached the house and efforts were initiated to find the girl. A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged immediately and police teams were dispatched to nab the accused and also recover the girl. All the police stations in Delhi and in the national capital region have been alerted, the Additional CP added.
According to the complaint lodged at the police station the minor girl went missing while going for her tuition classes on Friday night. Though the police was very prompt in registering the FIR but the girl was yet to be traced and it led to consternation in the locality. Several persons including her family members staged a protest against police and raised slogans.
Soon after receiving information a team of police reached the house and also statement of parents was recorded. According to police, in their statement victim’s father said, “She used to go for tuitions every day in the evening. On Friday evening too, she went for her tuition classes in Nand Nagri area but did not return back till late night. Anxious over her disappearance, her parents called up the PCR. A case has been registered under section 363 (Kidnapping) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), on the basis of the girl’s father family at Nand Nagri police station.