Sonipat (Haryana), October 5: A case of kidnapping and attempt to rape a minor girl has been reported from Haryana’s Sonipat. The accused, a teenager from Rohtak, has been arrested by the police.

The abducted minor girl has been recovered from captivity of the kidnapper by the local police.

The incident came to light when the victim’s maternal uncle informed police about the missing victim and registered a complaint in a nearby police station. In his complaint, he mentioned that his niece was living with his family at his residence in a Sonipat village for the past one and half years. On May 12, she suddenly went missing and he searched for her everywhere he could. He even enquired several nearby relatives about the victim but sadly his search did not pay results and as a last resort informed the police.

When the police started investigating the case, several relatives raised suspicion on a boy from Rohtak who might have kidnapped her. Tracking the mobile location of the boy, the police nabbed the accused from Rohtak and rescued the minor girl from his enslavement. They later handed her over to her family members.

After interrogation, they came to know that the accused had lured the teenage girl and took her with him. The girl when spoken to by police, also complained that the accused tried to rape her too.

The police produced the culprit in the court and the accused is on police remand for three days.