Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): In a shocking incident, 6 masked men abducted a 17-year-old girl from a girls’ shelter in Gwalior. Moreover, the entire abduction was carried out in just 20 minutes, in the presence of a sleeping female guard, three other guards and a police officer.

According to information, the incident took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at around 2am at the One Stop Centre in Kampoo. The intruders jumped from a 4-foot high wall at the back of the campus, used a stick to get the keys from the guard room through a window and unlocked the door. They also shouted at the girl, woke her up and took her away.

The entire security system remained unconscious

CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced on social media. In the video, the girl is seen holding hands with one of the masked men as they leave. During this time, the female guard on duty was asleep. There were a total of three guards, including two women and a police officer, deployed at the main entrance, but they were unaware that the incident was happening inside.

Girl tried to run away twice in the past

ASP Akhilesh Renwal and CSP Ashok Jadon said that the girl had run away from home twice before. Police suspect that the girl’s boyfriend was involved in this incident. They suspect that the entire incident was planned as the kidnappers seemed to know all the details about the location. In the past, the girl had gone missing from Thatipur area and a case of kidnapping was registered against her boyfriend at the police station.

The girl was found by the police and brought before the court on June 7. She refused to go with her parents, after which the court sent her to the girls’ house. She had previously tried to escape from the house, so she was placed in the third room, which is the innermost room. Now the police are investigating whether someone from the girls’ house was involved.

Published: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 01:06 PM IST