After months of investigation, the Mansa police have arrested the alleged kidnapper of a minor girl of Boha block. The girl was kidnapped from Bathinda district in July by her neighbour.
Sukhjit Singh also hailed from Boha and had kidnapped the girl from Bathinda district where she used to study. On Monday, police handed over the victim to parents and took the suspect in police remand till June From holding a protest and a bandh at Boha to meeting chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the parents of the girl did everything they could to get their daughter back.
The victim's father, Vinod Kumar, in his complaint to the police on July 25, alleged that Sukhjit Singh had kidnapped his daughter, a Class medical student who was living in a paying guest accommodation at Ajit Road, Bathinda, on June The girl was kidnapped near Ghorewala Chowk from where her bicycle was recovered.
On Monday, deputy inspector general of police Amar Singh Chahal along with the Mansa SSP and other officials briefed the media about the case and investigation. The accused also married the girl in July last year at a gurdwara in Panchkula by presenting fake certificates and showing her an adult. Mansa senior superintendent of police Narinder Bhargav said, "Accused Sukhjit Singh used the public call offices PCO to contact his family and avoided using mobile phone.
Sukhjit came to know about the registration of case and other developments with the help of family and also managed to use his Facebook account from different locations to misguide the police. A year-old girl of Boha in Mansa was allegedly kidnapped by Sukhjit Singh and his accomplices from Bathinda in July last year. They arrested 14 people, including the parents and kin of the accused, but failed to trace the girl. On April 14 this year, the victim's parents along with Boha residents held a protest, blocked Mansa-Budhlada road and forced a bandh.
