Abducted child rescued in Shimla

Tribune News Service

Shimla, May 30

A six-year-old child, who was kidnapped from Siliguri in West Bengal on March 13, was traced to Nankhari in Shimla district and returned to her mother back home in Darjeeling.

The child was reunited with her mother after over two-and-a-half months yesterday. The abductor woman was handed over to the police from Darjeeling.

According to Rama Kanwar, Child Protection Officer, a Darjeeling NGO, Maarg, was in touch with her to help locate a girl and her abductor as their location was somewhere near Shimla. “Later, we found that the location of the woman was somewhere near Nankhari,” said Kanwar.

She said it was on May 17 that the child, along with the woman, was traced and brought to the centre here.

“On May 18, police personnel of Darjeeling confirmed that a missing FIR was registered with them and requested that due to the grim Covid situation and curfew, they were not in a position to come here to fetch the child,” said Kanwar.

She said to ensure the safety of the child, she was shifted to the Child Care Institution on the directions of the Child Welfare Council. The woman, who had abducted her, was sent to the Nari Niketan at Mashobra.