Minor girl recovered, kidnapper arrested in Jammu

Police have rescued a kidnapped minor girl from the city and arrested a man in this connection.

Police have rescued a kidnapped minor girl from the city and arrested a man in this connection.

A complaint was lodged by the family members of the minor girl on June 9 with the police that their daughter had been kidnapped by one Sohan Lal from Kaliyan Mansan Phallain Mandal on the outskirts of Jammu, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

Acting on the complaint, police registered a case and started investigations, he said, adding special teams were constituted on the directions of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Jammu Sunil Gupta.

Acting on a specific information, a police team from Phallain Mandal conducted a raid in Gangyal area of Jammu and rescued the kidnapped girl and also arrested the kidnapper on Tuesday, he said.

The girl was later handed over to her family members.