The Bhadohi district police (Uttar Pradesh) rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been kidnapped from here after conducting a raid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district and arrested a man for allegedly abducting and raping her, the police said on Wednesday (12 February 2025).

Police said that on January 8, a woman resident of a locality in the Surayawa police station area of ​​the district had lodged an FIR against Samjad alias Sanjay Bangali (25) regarding the kidnapping of her daughter.

Details of the case

According to Station House Officer Inspector (SHO) Arvind Kumar Gupta, in her complaint, the woman had alleged that Samjad, who worked as a mason and lived in a rented house here, had kidnapped her daughter. Gupta said the police team found out that the accused was in Murshidabad in West Bengal after which, with the help of the local police, they raided the Samjad’s hideout and recovered the girl.

He said that Samjad was also arrested and brought here, produced before the court and sent to jail after completing the legal procedures. Gupta said that the girl has also accused him of raping her.

According to reports, Samjad’s father, Abdul Qasim, was also an equal participant in the abduction. It took three months to the Uttar Pradesh Police to track them down in Murshidabad, the infamous Islamist dominated region of West Bengal.

In a daring attempt to rescue the girl from such an area, the Bhadohi Police went there, arrested both the father-son duo, and brought them back to Uttar Pradesh. Both have now been jailed, and the girl has been handed over to her family.

Further action underway

The police station in-charge said that the medical examination of the victim has been done and her statement will be recorded in the court on Thursday. He said that sections of rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will also be added in the case registered against the accused.

Girl rescued from same area where Bihar Police Inspector, Ashwini Kumar was lynched to death few years ago

It is noteworthy that the girl was rescued from the same area in West Bengal where a few years ago, Bihar Police Inspector, Ashwini Kumar was lynched to death by an Islamist mob when he went there tracking liquor smugglers.

On Saturday, 10th April 2021, Ashwini Kumar, a police officer from Bihar, who was conducting a raid in neighboring West Bengal, was lynched to death by a frenzied mob. Ashwini Kumar, station in charge of the Kishanganj police station, was known for his no-nonsense attitude and strict crackdown against the liquor mafia. On the fatal day, Kumar was leading a raid in connection with a bike theft case in a neighboring area under Panjipoda police station of West Bengal. However, while conducting the raids, Kumar was surrounded by a mob and lynched.