Bhubaneswar, Oct 17: A five-year-old minor girl was rescued by the locals in Harirajpur area in Jatni on Sunday who was kidnapped from Bhubaneswar over a week ago.
As per reports, the accused, named Shankar Bhoi of Sinduria village, Nayagarh abducted the girl, a resident of Mahiskhala of Badagada area on October 6 while she was playing near a heap of sand close to her house following which the next day a missing complaint had been lodged with the local police.
As the locals saw an elder man with the five-year-old girl in a suspicious state on Sunday in the Harirajpur area, they nabbed him and handed him over to the police.
The abductor confessed to his crime after his arrest and said that he used to kidnap children and engage them in begging activities.
It may be noted that in another kidnapping case in Jatni earlier, Bhoi had been arrested by the police and sent to jail on June 11 but after his release from the jail on bail, Bhoi again started his earlier business.
As per the information from Bidyadhar Bhol, Harirajpur police outpost staff, the girl has been handed over to Badagada police where the missing complaint had been lodged. A racket might be involved in the crime as the accused kidnaps children and engages them in begging activities on trains.
