Cuttack: A married man was arrested Saturday for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl on the pretext of marriage at Kishorenagar in Cuttack district.
He was identified as Gateswar Srichandan (30) of Manda Sahi village in Jagatsinghpur district.
According to police, the accused who was working with a private firm in Bhubaneswar, had abducted the minor girl along with his associates September 5 after promising to marry her.
The victim’s family members lodged a complaint after the girl went missing.
Acting on the complaint, the police raided a house at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar September13, rescued the girl and nabbed the accused.
The girl was handed over to her family members after being produced before the Child Welfare Committee Friday.