Cops clueless in Dalit girl kidnapping case
Saturday, 01/06/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130601/punjab.htm#16
Moga : Three weeks after a 17-year- old Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped by a youth and his four family members while returning from school at Khosa Randhir village in the district, the local police has so far failed to recover her.
Not only this, the FIR was registered by the police on Tuesday after a delay of 20 days. The SHO of Kot-ise-Khan police station, Jasvir Singh, who is investigating the case, confirmed that Jaswinder Singh, a resident of the same village along with his four family members, had kidnapped the girl on May 8.
The girl's father stated in his complaint that Jaswinder had allured his daughter on the pretext of marriage and abducted her.
In reply to a question, however, the SHO maintained that the parents of the girl were not sure that the girl had been kidnapped and they were looking for her. She often used to visit her relatives. After having confirmed that she was not with any of their relatives, a complaint for lodging a criminal case was made to the police due to which the FIR was delayed, the SHO said.
“I have set up special teams to recover the girl and raids are also being carried out on a regular basis at the possible hideouts of the culprits to arrest them. I hope we will soon recover the girl and nab the culprits,” the SHO added.
