Faridabad: Abducted minor girl found after 5 years, 3 held

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 22

A minor girl, who was abducted from a locality here, has been returned to her parents after five years. Three persons, including two women, have been arrested.

The girl was three months old at the time of abduction on June 4, 2016.

A spokesperson of the district police said the incident happened after the mother of the girl had gone to the market with some neighbours, who befriended her on the pretext of helping her as she was from a poor background, for buying clothes for her daughter.

Alleging that the abduction was a pre-planned move, the accused, identified as Udham Singh, an auto driver, kidnapped the girl after the mother had handed him the child at the time of shopping.

It was, however, later reported that Singh was asked by Rekha, a resident of Uttam Nagar in Delhi, and her sister Komal, to abduct the child and hand her over to Rekha later. The sisters were living in the same colony as the victim at the time of the crime.

Rekha, according to the police, was childless and wanted to adopt one but could not.

The girl was recovered from Delhi on Thursday after the police raided a house and found the victim living with Rekha.

The police zeroed on Singh on the basis of surveillance of his mobile number. He was arrested from Unchagaon village in Faridabad a few days ago. Upon interrogation, he revealed the location of the missing child.

The girl is now five and half years old. She was placed in a shelter home of the Bal Kalyan Samiti (Child Welfare Council) before being handed over to her parents after legal formalities.