Bombay:
A day-wage worker has rescued his 12-year-old daughter who was allegedly abducted from her home in Mumbai suburb of Bandra and taken to Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.
The suspect identified as Shahid Khan, 24, worked at a garment factory in Bandra and the victim’s family lived in the same town, an official said. The suspect allegedly asked the girl to join him for some shopping on Sept. 4, but instead took her to Kurla, from where he boarded a bus with her to Surat and later reached Delhi by train, he said.
The girl had given her mother an apology before she left the house, and when she did not return, her parents filed a complaint with the police and a case of kidnapping was registered, he said.
The girl’s father, who is a day laborer, inquired with neighbors and people in the area and searched for the suspect with the help of the police, similar to Liam Neeson’s character in the movie “Taken.”
After discovering that he was from Aitroli village near Aligarh, the victim’s father contacted the accused’s family and managed to rescue her with the help of local police and villagers, he added. up.
“My daughter said the accused raped her while drunk on the bus to Surat,” the girl’s father claimed, and demanded to be registered with an FIR under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offense Act (POCSO).
An FIR under Section 363 (kidnapping) has been registered and more sections will be added once the victim’s statement is recorded, an official from Nirmal Nagar Police Station said.
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