This story is from August 2, 2020

Abducted three-year-old girl reunited with parents, one held

Abducted three-year-old girl reunited with parents, one held
VADODARA: A three-year-old girl was reunited with her parents in Sevasi on Friday late night after she was abducted allegedly by a pick-up van driver and taken to Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh on July 28.
The driver identified as Laxman Muniya was arrested by the Vadodara rural police from his house in Jhabua.
According to police, Muniya had stayed at the victim’s house a day before the abduction as his pick-up van had broken down.
Muniya and the girl’s parents had met at a pilgrimage several years ago and were acquainted with each other.
On July 28, Muniya went out to find somebody to repair his vehicle and when he returned, the girl was alone at her home and her parents were away at work. Since the girl was crying, Muniya took her to buy a packet of chips and then took her to his house in Jhabua.
When the girl’s parents returned home, they did not find their daughter and searched for her before lodging an offence at Vadodara Taluka police station on July 29.
“Initially, the parents said that an unidentified person had taken the girl away. But when we questioned them in detail, they mentioned about Muniya’s presence so we also questioned other labourers living in the same neighbourhood and got Muniya’s details,” said a police official. A police team was sent to Jhabua where they found Muniya and the girl.
Later during interrogation, Muniya told cops that he did not take the girl away with any ill intention but only because she was crying and agreed to go with him. “We have got the girl’s medical check-up done and she is safe. However, we have arrested Muniya,” the police official said.
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