Acting swiftly, two policemen in a PCR van foiled an abduction bid and rescued a 19-year-old girl on Friday night.
Acting swiftly, two policemen in a PCR van foiled an abduction bid and rescued a 19-year-old girl on Friday night. The girl, who was abducted by trio on the pretext of giving her a lift in north Delhi, was rescued after a 6-km chase.
The accused also robbed her male friend of his mobile phone and a wallet before pushing him off a moving car and speeding away with the girl, the police said. The three accused, Sachin Choudhary (32), Shiv Kumar (32) and Saurabh (34), have been arrested. During interrogation, it emerged that they were drunk and were on a joy ride since afternoon looking for a target, a police officer said.
The police said that the incident took place on Thursday near Majnu Ka Tila when the girl and her 20-year-old friend were waiting for a bus near Majnu Ka Tila area. They had gone to Burari and were heading towards their residences in Wazirabad.
The trio in the car parked their vehicle nearby and one of them approached the two asking for bus route to Anand Vihar.
Soon, another approached the two asking for road direction and also tactfully managed to know where the two were heading towards. The second person then came closer to them in his Hyundai car and offered a lift, to which the two friends agreed. Once they boarded the vehicle, they saw that two more persons, including the one who had approached them asking about bus route, were sitting inside.
The group then assaulted the girl’s friend and allegedly robbed him of his phone and wallet before pushing him out of the moving car. By the time the boy stood up, the trio fled with the girl.The boy raised an alarm and approached a PCR nearby. The message was flashed to all other PCR teams deployed in the district about the car and the car of the accused was caught after a chase of 6 km. The girl was safely rescued and the accused were arrested.
