Six held for kidnapping, trafficking minor girl
New Delhi March 9 (IANS) Six persons among them two women have been arrested on the charge of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl who was sold and sexually assaulted repeatedly before her rescue the Delhi Police said on Thursday.
Accused Satvir Mukesh Thakur Joginder Krishan Kumar Kavita Jyoti and Mamta were arrested on Tuesday during raids in Hisar in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
On August 28 2016 the girl s parents filed a missing complaint at New Ashok Nagar police station after she failed to return from her school in east Delhi.
The girl was kidnapped by Jyoti and her husband Pradeep and held captive at an unknown place in Noida before she was shifted to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. She was later sold by Pradeep to Krishan in Hisar Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Yadav said.
Krishan assaulted and raped her many times and later sold her to Satvir who along with Mukesh forced her into prostitution he said.
--IANS
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