Youth booked for eloping with minor girl

Panchkula, July 27

The police have booked a person for eloping with a minor girl on the pretext of marrying her.

Pooja, a resident of Kharag Mangoli, in her complaint to the police, stated that her 15-year-old daughter started working as a maid at a house in Chandigarh recently. The woman said she received a call from her daughter’s mobile phone around 9 pm on Thursday stating that she was working at a house in Chandigarh.

Pooja said when she asked her about the address, her mobile phone got disconnected and later it was found switched off. She claimed that her daughter was known to a boy whom she identified as Mumtaz, a native of Bihar. She alleged that Mumtaz had eloped with her daughter on the pretext of marrying her.

The police have registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC. — TNS