Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Sep 30: After getting information that a minor Hindu girl had been abducted by Siddique from Koltige Kuntikan in the taluk and kept her in his home, the locals got together in large numbers in front of his house on Wednesday September 29. This development gave rise to a tense situation in the area.

The family members of the youth did not open the door even when police personnel of Bellare station arrived. This gave rise to suspicion. The police waited for some time and undertook a search after the door was opened. They failed to find the girl there. People who had gathered there alleged that the girl had been shifted elsewhere. The police then dispersed the people who had come together there, took Siddique to the police station where he was questioned.

Bellare police station (file photo)

Siddique is said to have informed the police that he had got to know the girl, who belongs to a Dalit family from Delampady within Adoor police station limits in Kasargod district. He said he had brought her in a car and that he had kept her at Puttur as he apprehended trouble. He revealed that he has known her for a year and that the girl has expressed her willingness to marry him.

Bellare police contacted the family members of the girl. The family members said that the girl is aged 17 and hence still a minor. They said they will file an abduction complaint in the police station.