Teen kidnapped at railway station
16 Jun 2012 12:39 AM GMT
A 14-year-old girl was kidnapped by an unknown person from New Delhi railway station. The police have identified the kidnapper through the railway station’s close circuit television [CCTV] footage.
The victim was with her mother when the incident occurred. Both the victim and the mother had arrived from Punjab on Wednesday morning. The accused, said to be around 50 years of age, pretending to be helpful, had allegedly lured the girl away from the mother.
According to the police, he asked the girl to stay at the station’s waiting room and took her mother to the ticket counter. He returned and told the victim that his mobile phone needed to be charged for which the girl had apparently said that she wanted to recharge her phone as well. The kidnapper had then took the girl to a nearby shop with electric sockets where he plugged both the mobile phones and asked the victim to stay and look after the mobile phones.
He then went to the ticket counter where the victim’s mother was waiting in queue. He helped her get the tickets and took her to the platform at the railway station. He had informed the victim’s mother that her daughter was looking after the charging phones. When the mother asked the man to bring her daughter, the man left and never returned. The mother searched the station in vain for her daughter and approached the New Delhi railway police station.
‘We have registered a case of kidnapping,’ said the officer. The victim and her mother were travelling to Haryana. They were transiting in Delhi when the incident took place.
‘We have gone through the CCTV footage and have identified the accused,’ said Sanjay Bhatia, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime and railways).
The victim was with her mother when the incident occurred. Both the victim and the mother had arrived from Punjab on Wednesday morning. The accused, said to be around 50 years of age, pretending to be helpful, had allegedly lured the girl away from the mother.
According to the police, he asked the girl to stay at the station’s waiting room and took her mother to the ticket counter. He returned and told the victim that his mobile phone needed to be charged for which the girl had apparently said that she wanted to recharge her phone as well. The kidnapper had then took the girl to a nearby shop with electric sockets where he plugged both the mobile phones and asked the victim to stay and look after the mobile phones.
He then went to the ticket counter where the victim’s mother was waiting in queue. He helped her get the tickets and took her to the platform at the railway station. He had informed the victim’s mother that her daughter was looking after the charging phones. When the mother asked the man to bring her daughter, the man left and never returned. The mother searched the station in vain for her daughter and approached the New Delhi railway police station.
‘We have registered a case of kidnapping,’ said the officer. The victim and her mother were travelling to Haryana. They were transiting in Delhi when the incident took place.
‘We have gone through the CCTV footage and have identified the accused,’ said Sanjay Bhatia, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime and railways).
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