17-yr-old girl alleges abduction, abuse
A 17-year-old girl here has alleged that she was kidnapped and abused by four youths, who also kept her in captivity.
The girl had fallen unconscious in the commercial area of Street 11 here on Wednesday. Passersby informed the Nar Sewa Narayan Sewa Samiti, an NGO, about the incident. Volunteers of the samiti took her to the Civil Hospital, where she regained consciousness.
The girl alleged that she was kidnapped by four youths in Fazilka, who took her in a car to Ferozepur, where she was abused and made hostage. She, somehow, escaped from their captivity. The victim, who belongs to Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, said after her parents died sometime back, she came to live with a relative in Fazilka.
She said about four days ago when she was returning home from school, four masked men in a car kidnapped her and took her to a bungalow in Ferozepur where they gave her an intoxicating injection and abused her. She did not want to go to her relatives in Fazilka.
Dr Dharamveer Arora of Civil Hospital said the girl was unable to give the complete address of her relatives.
Official sources said the victim was given treatment. A security guard has been deployed in the hospital. Balkar Singh, DSP (D), has been asked to probe the matter.
