<p>A 16-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from Assam’s Sonitpur district in August 2011, was rescued from central Delhi and reunited with her family on Friday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A 22-year-old man, Mintu Saikia, who also hails from Assam, has been arrested over the case and faces charges of kidnapping a minor girl, said Devesh Chandra Srivastva, additional commissioner of police (central).<br /><br />“Mintu had met the girl during the All Assam Dance Competition in Jorhat. He then enticed the girl to elope with him to Delhi, but later when he began facing a money crunch, he resorted to blackmailing the victim’s parents,” Srivastva added.<br /><br />Srivastva said the action was taken after Assam Police sought help from Delhi Police on Wednesday.<br /><br />“We were told that a minor girl had been kidnapped by the accused person and a case was registered at Jorhat police station. They suspected that Mintu, along with the victim were somewhere in the national capital,” he said.<br /><br />The Assam Police initially believed that it was a case of elopement in a love affair, as the girl had not contacted her parents even after a lapse of four months.<br /><br />Her parents doubted Mintu, who was also missing from the date of the incident.<br /><br />However, on January 17, after a gap of over five months, the girl’s mother received a phone call from a person, who identified himself as Mintu and made the victim talk to her.During the conversation, it was revealed that the victim was confined in a room and was not allowed to talk to anyone or go anywhere outside. <br /><br />During another conversation, the victim told her mother that the accused was demanding Rs 1 lakh for her release.<br /><br />“On the basis of technical surveillance, we found that Mintu was residing in Okhla. Later, with concerted efforts and on the basis of a tip-off, the accused was apprehended along with the victim outside New Delhi Railway Station when they were going to board a train,” Srivastva said.<br /></p>
<p>A 16-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from Assam’s Sonitpur district in August 2011, was rescued from central Delhi and reunited with her family on Friday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A 22-year-old man, Mintu Saikia, who also hails from Assam, has been arrested over the case and faces charges of kidnapping a minor girl, said Devesh Chandra Srivastva, additional commissioner of police (central).<br /><br />“Mintu had met the girl during the All Assam Dance Competition in Jorhat. He then enticed the girl to elope with him to Delhi, but later when he began facing a money crunch, he resorted to blackmailing the victim’s parents,” Srivastva added.<br /><br />Srivastva said the action was taken after Assam Police sought help from Delhi Police on Wednesday.<br /><br />“We were told that a minor girl had been kidnapped by the accused person and a case was registered at Jorhat police station. They suspected that Mintu, along with the victim were somewhere in the national capital,” he said.<br /><br />The Assam Police initially believed that it was a case of elopement in a love affair, as the girl had not contacted her parents even after a lapse of four months.<br /><br />Her parents doubted Mintu, who was also missing from the date of the incident.<br /><br />However, on January 17, after a gap of over five months, the girl’s mother received a phone call from a person, who identified himself as Mintu and made the victim talk to her.During the conversation, it was revealed that the victim was confined in a room and was not allowed to talk to anyone or go anywhere outside. <br /><br />During another conversation, the victim told her mother that the accused was demanding Rs 1 lakh for her release.<br /><br />“On the basis of technical surveillance, we found that Mintu was residing in Okhla. Later, with concerted efforts and on the basis of a tip-off, the accused was apprehended along with the victim outside New Delhi Railway Station when they were going to board a train,” Srivastva said.<br /></p>
