Bihar police arrest minor girl and youth in Punjab

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 20 (UNI) The Bihar police today arrested a 13-year old girl and 22-year old, Babu Lal Singh in Amloh town of the district when they were going to perform a court marriage with the help of some fake documents .

After taking both in their custody, the team led by Katihar SHO Sunil Kumar Singh left for Bihar, local police officials here stated.

As per reports, the girl of village Madopur under Katihar police station in Bihar, who was a student of class VI was taking tuitions from an under matriculate, Babu Lal Singh. On January 4,2008 the twp ran away from their home.

On the statement of the girls father, Parma Nand Chowdhry, a case was registered at the Katihar police station on January 25.

He suspected the youth, his mother Bhama Devi and brother Devraj Mandal of being behind the 'kidnapping' of his daughter.

The youths father, Jai Parkash Mandal is working as an FCI labourer in Amloh.

Kathihar SHO informed mediapersons here that after running away from home, the youth had taken the girl to Kota and Suratgarh (Rajasthan) and lived there for some time. He said that the police had conducted raids at various places to trace the two.

He said that the Bihar police on May 17 got information that both are hiding in Amloh and so they came here.

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