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Girl student locked in hotel room in Hyderabad for 20 days rescued, online friend held 

The girl was rescued on Saturday and the 19-year-old accused arrested
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The SHE Teams is a wing of Telangana Police, tasked with cracking down on eve-teasers and stalkers and providing safety and security to women and girls.
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An 18-year-old girl student, who was locked in a hotel room here for 20 days, allegedly by an engineering student, who had befriended her online, was rescued by the SHE Teams, a wing of Hyderabad Police.

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The girl was rescued on Saturday and the 19-year-old accused arrested and a case registered against him under the BNS at Narayanaguda police station, they said.

The parents of the girl student from Bhainsa town lodged a complaint with SHE Teams, Hyderabad, stating that their daughter had called them saying she had been trapped by an online friend through a social media platform, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crimes & Women Safety-Hyderabad) D Kavitha said.

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The victim had said the accused forced her to come to Hyderabad and she had been locked in a hotel room for 20 days by him, police said, adding she shared her current location to her parents via an instant messaging app.

The SHE Teams traced the girl to a locked hotel room at Narayanaguda, and handed her over to her parents, police said.

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The accused was subsequently arrested.

The SHE Teams is a wing of Telangana Police, tasked with cracking down on eve-teasers and stalkers and providing safety and security to women and girls.

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