J&K Police rescues minor girl from kidnapper, arrest accused from Jammu

Jammu: Police on Wednesday rescued a kidnapped minor girl from the city and arrested a man in this connection.

A complaint was lodged by the family members of the minor girl on June 9 with the police that their daughter has been kidnapped by one Sohan Lal from Kaliyan Mansan Phallain Mandal on the outskirts of Jammu, a police spokesman said today.

Acting on the complaint, police registered a case and started investigations, he said, adding special teams were constituted on the directions of SSP Jammu, Sunil Gupta.

Acting on a specific information, police team from Phallain Mandal conducted a raid in Gangyal area of Jammu and rescued the kidnapped girl and also arrested the kidnapper yesterday, he said.

The girl was later handed over to her family members.