Mechanic held for kidnap of minor girl from Secunderabad

HYDERABAD: Malkajgiri police arrested a mechanic for stalking and kidnapping a minor girl. The 20-year-old accused, from Lalapet in Secunderabad, befriended a 16-year-old girl from Malkajgiri. On March 20, the accused went to Bengaluru and asked the girl to come to Bengaluru to meet him. “He threatened to commit suicide if the girl did not come to Bengaluru. The girl was afraid and went to Bengaluru by bus,” Malkajgiri police said.
On March 21, the accused met the girl at Hebbal in Bengaluru and took her to his house. The parents of the accused found out that the girl was minor and took her to the police station.
Meanwhile, based on the complaint filed by the girl’s father, Malkajgiri police registered a case under Section 366 (kidnapping) and 354-D (stalking) of the IPC and Section 12 of POCSO Act, 2012. Based on the information given by Bengaluru police, Malkajgiri police brought the girl to Hyderabad and arrested the accused on Monday.