Kidnapped girl rescued, three women suspects arrested

The city police today claimed to have busted a gang involved in kidnapping a minor girl and later selling her to a youth in Fazilka.

The police rescued the 16-year-old victim from Fazilka and nominated five persons, including four women, three of whom were arrested, for kidnapping. Two of the women suspects were relatives of the victim.

Those arrested in the case included Kiran Devi of Gandhi Nagar, Fazilka, Raj Kaur and her daughter Navjot Kaur of Chhota Haripura locality. Their two accomplices, Divya and Happy of Fazilka, were yet to be arrested. Raj Kaur is the paternal aunt of the victim.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Vishaljit Singh said that the accused had sold the girl to Happy for Rs 1 lakh.

Sharing details, he said that the victim’s father lodged a complaint with the police in July stating that his wife had died around 10 years ago. His daughter was illiterate and used to work in house. He said on July 13, she went missing from the house and despite several efforts, he could not find her. She suspected that some unknown person might have kidnapped her on the pretext of marriage.

The ADCP said that during the probe, police rescued the girl from Fazilka. She spilled the beans and named her aunt and cousin for taking her to Fazilka and handing her over to Kiran Devi and Divya who further sold her to Happy for Rs 1 lakh.

Happy and Divya were absconding and raids were on to nab them. Their arrests would further disclose the motive behind the kidnapping, police said.