Neighbour booked for kidnapping 13-year-old girl

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 10

The police have booked an 18-year-old boy on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl.

Parents of the minor have alleged that their daughter was kidnapped and raped by the boy who lived in their neighbourhood. However, the police said the case was being investigated.

The victim, 13-year-old girl of Baldev Nagar in Ram Mandi, had gone to a shop near her home on Tuesday and did not return. Her parents alleged that she was forcibly taken away to some place by the accused and raped. They said when the victim did not return home, they filed a case with the police on Wednesday.

The victim’s father said: “My daughter came home battered on Wednesday night. She was probably under the influence of some drug.”

Rama Mandi police station SHO Sulakhan Singh said: “The rape charges will be determined after medical examination of the victim.”

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