<p>A six-year-old girl was rescued from Morbi in Gujarat, nearly two months after she was kidnapped from the state's Anand district, even as the accused, a labourer from Madhya Pradesh, is on the run, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The minor, who was kidnapped on December 3 last year, was rescued on January 25 from near a factory in Morbi in Saurashtra region, nearly 240 kms from Tarapur in Anand, they said.</p>.<p>After rescuing the girl, the police made video calls to her parents to confirm her identity as her head had been tonsured by the accused, identified as Gudda Maliwad, a police official said.</p>.<p>The accused is a casual labourer from Kalyanpur in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, who lived in the victim's neighbourhood in Tarapur, the official said.</p>.<p>"After the girl's disappearance, the victim's mother had lodged a complaint, saying that a man living in their neighbourhood kidnapped her six-year-old daughter," Anand Deputy Superintendent of Police Bharti Pandya said.</p>.<p>"During the probe, it was found that the accused had lured the girl with a biscuit. In the CCTV footage, the accused is seen taking the girl with him. The family of the victim knew a relative of the accused, although indirectly," she said.</p>.<p>On December 3, a case had been registered at Tarapur police station under IPC section 363 (kidnapping) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on a complaint filed by the victim's mother, police said.</p>.<p>"As the accused did not use any kind of devices, like a mobile phone, only human intelligence was used and several police teams were formed and sent across parts of Gujarat to trace the girl," she said.</p>.<p>According to police, after rescuing the girl, it was found that the accused had beaten her up and shaved her head.</p>.<p>"The accused was constantly on the move after kidnapping her, and finally ended up in Morbi where he handed her over to a woman living in a slum near a factory from where she was rescued," the DySP said.</p>.<p>Police said they are waiting for the medical reports to ascertain if the minor was also sexually assaulted.</p>.<p>The girl was brought back to Anand, where she underwent a surgery for her head injuries and was admitted to a hospital for two days, Pandya said.</p>.<p>"We got her medically examined for the second time post-counselling as she is in trauma," she said.</p>.<p>According to the official, the entire cost of her medical treatment was borne by the police as she belonged to a poor family of labourers.</p>
<p>A six-year-old girl was rescued from Morbi in Gujarat, nearly two months after she was kidnapped from the state's Anand district, even as the accused, a labourer from Madhya Pradesh, is on the run, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The minor, who was kidnapped on December 3 last year, was rescued on January 25 from near a factory in Morbi in Saurashtra region, nearly 240 kms from Tarapur in Anand, they said.</p>.<p>After rescuing the girl, the police made video calls to her parents to confirm her identity as her head had been tonsured by the accused, identified as Gudda Maliwad, a police official said.</p>.<p>The accused is a casual labourer from Kalyanpur in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, who lived in the victim's neighbourhood in Tarapur, the official said.</p>.<p>"After the girl's disappearance, the victim's mother had lodged a complaint, saying that a man living in their neighbourhood kidnapped her six-year-old daughter," Anand Deputy Superintendent of Police Bharti Pandya said.</p>.<p>"During the probe, it was found that the accused had lured the girl with a biscuit. In the CCTV footage, the accused is seen taking the girl with him. The family of the victim knew a relative of the accused, although indirectly," she said.</p>.<p>On December 3, a case had been registered at Tarapur police station under IPC section 363 (kidnapping) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on a complaint filed by the victim's mother, police said.</p>.<p>"As the accused did not use any kind of devices, like a mobile phone, only human intelligence was used and several police teams were formed and sent across parts of Gujarat to trace the girl," she said.</p>.<p>According to police, after rescuing the girl, it was found that the accused had beaten her up and shaved her head.</p>.<p>"The accused was constantly on the move after kidnapping her, and finally ended up in Morbi where he handed her over to a woman living in a slum near a factory from where she was rescued," the DySP said.</p>.<p>Police said they are waiting for the medical reports to ascertain if the minor was also sexually assaulted.</p>.<p>The girl was brought back to Anand, where she underwent a surgery for her head injuries and was admitted to a hospital for two days, Pandya said.</p>.<p>"We got her medically examined for the second time post-counselling as she is in trauma," she said.</p>.<p>According to the official, the entire cost of her medical treatment was borne by the police as she belonged to a poor family of labourers.</p>