Girl kidnapped in Kashmir rescued from Delhi

Srinagar: Police rescued a girl kidnapped from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district from Delhi and arrested the abductor.

Police rescued the kidnapped girl from Delhi and also arrested the abductor within five days, a police spokesman said here today.

He said that on February 10, it was reported that a girl was kidnapped by Shoib Ahmad Sheikh with the assistance of Azad Ahmad.

On receipt of the complaint, a case was registered and investigation was taken up, the spokesman said.

He said during the investigation, it surfaced that the kidnappers had taken the girl outside the state.

The investigation team succeeded in tracing the kidnapper in Delhi, the spokesman said, adding the kidnapper was held and the girl rescued.

During investigation, the spokesman said, it has been revealed that the mastermind behind the commission of offence was uncle of the kidnapper namely Hilal Ahmad Sheikh.