21 February,2018 08:40 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
A 14-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on Monday, was rescued within a day from Rajasthan and her abductor arrested, police said on Wednesday. The girl went missing on February 19 from Prasad Nagar in central Delhi and a case of kidnapping was registered on a complaint by her family members, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Central, Mandeep Singh Randhawa said.
The DCP said that a police team was constituted to trace the girl. The team examined footage of CCTV cameras and identified a suspect, a man who had gone missing the day the girl was kidnapped, the officer said. Randhawa said that the team was sent to the man's native place in Jaipur. Ajay, 20, was detained, but there was no clue of the girl, he said During interrogation, he tried to mislead the police, but later revealed the location of the girl. She was found yesterday in a rented accommodation near the man's native place, the DCP said. The man has been arrested, the officer said.
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