Jashpur: Chhattisgarh Police arrested an accused, Zameer Alam for abducting and raping a minor girl. The accused was nabbed from New Delhi, said police on Friday, January 17.
According to the police, the parents of the minor girl approached the Pathalgaon police with a complaint, alleging Alam, a resident of Korba district for abducting the minor when she was alone at home in June 2023.
The police after receiving the complaint launched an investigation into the case and had recently received some credible inputs about the location of the accused. On the basis of the human and technical inputs a police team then recovered the minor girl from New Delhi along nabbing the accused.
Initial interrogation in the case revealed that the girl was lured and forcibly taken to Delhi where she was raped by accused Alam. Relevant sections of IPC, BNS and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) were further added into the FIR and the accused was sent to judicial remand, said an official of the police privy to the development.
#ऑपरेशन मुस्कान के तहत् एक और परिजन के चेहरे पर जशपुर पुलिस ने लौटाई मुस्कान, अपहृत बालिका को ढूंढ कर लाई दिल्ली से,#मामला थाना पत्थलगांव क्षेत्रांतर्गत,#शादी का झांसा दे नाबालिक बालिका को भगाकर दिल्ली ले गया था आरोपी जमीर आलम। pic.twitter.com/BLBRSuUqdX
— Jashpur police (@SpJashpur) January 17, 2025
The Jashpur police on January 1 launched operation Muskaan to trace the missing minors under a special drive. As many as 13 minors have been so far recovered by the police under the said drive, he added.
Notably in a similar case reported on January 6, police had arrested an individual for allegedly luring an 18-year-old girl on pretext of marriage. The accused Ghulam Sarvar was nabbed near Ambikapur with the help of Surguja police.
#मो. गुलाम सरवर को युवती को शादी का झांसा देना पड़ा महंगा,#शादी करने की नियत से युवती को झांसा देकर अपने साथ राजस्थान ले जा रहे आरोपी मो. गुलाम सरवर को जशपुर पुलिस ने सरगुजा पुलिस के सहयोग से रास्ते में ही दबोचा, भेजा गया जेल,#थाना आस्ता क्षेत्र के एक ग्राम की युवती। pic.twitter.com/7STakuorZI
— Jashpur police (@SpJashpur) January 6, 2025
The girl later alleged that the accused Sarvar was deceitfully taking her to Rajasthan without her consent. The accused was later sent to custody.
In another case reported on Janauary 10, police arrested an accused Aniket Ram for allegedly luring a minor girl under Kunkuri police station limits.
