Chandigarh, December 24: A 15-year-old girl walking home from school on Monday evening was kidnapped by three-four people in a sports utility vehicle in Deeg district of Rajasthan, police said.
Her father said they married off the girl last year but she returned home after her in-laws harassed her for dowry, her family told the police, insisting that her in-laws were likely behind the kidnapping.
“Three to four people arrived in a four-wheeler and abducted her on gunpoint. When the locals tried to stop them, they also fired a few rounds. However, no casualty was reported so far,” said the Kaman circle officer Girraj Meena.
The abduction was captured in a CCTV installed in Deeg district’s Pahari area and has prompted sharp attacks from the Congress on the state government over the law and order situation in the state and the Bharatpur region, chief minister Mohan Lal Sharma’s home district. Last year, Deeg was carved out as a separate district from Bharatpur.
A video clip of the incident showed the girl was walking on the congested road near her school when two people got off a white Sumo vehicle that had been waiting for her, grabbed the girl and bundled her into the car. Some passers-by intervened and tried to stop them but stepped back when they fired warning shots.
HT cannot verify the authenticity of the video clip.
Summary: A 15-year-old girl was abducted near her school in Rajasthan, with kidnappers firing shots to scare onlookers and ensure no resistance.