Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Police arrested a couple and rescued an abducted four-year-old girl after tracing their location in Byavara.
The child was abducted by the couple on Thursday and primary questioning from them suggested that they had abducted the child to adopt her, police officials said. As per reports, resident of Gandhi Nagar area, Rahul’s wife died leaving a four-year-old daughter Riya behind.
The child was taken care of by her grandparents who often used to leave her with their neighbours Pawan Verma and his wife Champa who were childless.
On Thursday, the child’s grandparents approached police and claimed that Riya was missing. They raised suspicion on Pawan and his wife for abducting the child as they often used to take her with them. Police called Pawan on his mobile phone but he claimed that he was in Indore with his wife.
However, through surveillance police traced their location to Byavara. A police team reached Byavara on Friday and arrested the couple while rescuing Riya from them.
ACP Richa Jain said that questioning from Pawan and his wife revealed that they were childless and had taken Riya with them for adoption.
They claimed that Riya’s father and even the grandparents were careless towards her. The child was neglected by her family and was often taken care by them.
Only a day back, Pawan and Champa approached police and complained that the child was not properly raised by her family. However, on Thursday they decided to adopt Riya and took her with them to Byavara, ACP said while adding that an FIR has been registered against them. ACP Richa further said that the child would be counselled by a team of CWC.
