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Women rescued in Belagavi reunited with family from GhaziabadAPMC Police and Ujwala Women Protection and Rehabilitation Centre were commended for their exemplary work
Raju Gavali
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Woman from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh rescued by APMC Police in Belagavi earlier in the month being reunited with her father in Belagavi on Tuesday. Credit: Belagavi City Police
Woman from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh rescued by APMC Police in Belagavi earlier in the month being reunited with her father in Belagavi on Tuesday. Credit: Belagavi City Police

A woman who had been rescued by APMC Police from a rented house at Sadashiv Nagar in Belagavi was reunited with her family on Tuesday, four years after she was kidnapped from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

APMC Police Inspector Javed Mushapuri and team had conducted a raid on a house at Sadashiv Nagar on February 7, last and had rescued two women who had allegedly been forced into prostitution.

Both the women had been kept at the Women Welfare Society's Ujwala Women Protection and Rehabilitation Centre.

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Project Officer Surekha Patil counselled the rescued women and with the help of police succeeded in getting the address of one of them and intimated the concerned police station.

A woman whose identity was confirmed had been kidnapped from Ghaziabad in the year 2017 and a case had been filed with Ghaziabad police.

Ghaziabad police along with the father of the rescued woman arrived at APMC Police Station on Tuesday.

APMC Police and Ujwala Women Protection and Rehabilitation Centre Project Officer Surekha Patil handed over the rescued woman to her father and Ghaziabad police and they proceeded towards their home state.

Police Commissioner Dr K Thiyagarajan and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dr Vikram Amathe complimented APMC Police and Ujwala Women Protection and Rehabilitation Centre for their exemplary work.

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(Published 23 February 2021, 22:43 IST)