Kidnapped minor girl returns home

ALLAHABAD: Police in the neighbouring district of Pratapgarh on Saturday heaved a sigh of relief after the high school girl, who was allegedly kidnapped by car-borne miscreants near Dahilamau road under Kotwali police station on Friday evening, returned home safely.
SP Pratapgarh Abhishek Singh told TOI that the family members of the girl on Friday complained the police that their daughter, a high school student at a Dahiliamau-based inter college, was allegedly kidnapped by car-borne miscreants when she was returning to home from school.
“Acting upon the complaint, we had deputed three police teams and carried out checking on border areas so that the car carrying the girl could not be successful to cross the borders,” he added.
The police teams continued checking for around six hours and came to know that the girl had returned to her home safely at midnight.
When police quizzed the girl, she said that she was picked up by an acquainted youth who was in touch with her since long. The police, however, said they have been probing the case.