India, Dec. 24 -- A 15-year-old girl walking home from school on Monday evening was kidnapped by three-four people in a sports utility vehicle in Deeg district of Rajasthan, police said.

Her father said they married off the girl last year but she returned home after her in-laws harassed her for dowry, her family told the police, insisting that her in-laws were likely behind the kidnapping.

"Three to four people arrived in a four-wheeler and abducted her on gunpoint. When the locals tried to stop them, they also fired a few rounds. However, no casualty was reported so far," said the Kaman circle officer Girraj Meena.

The abduction was captured in a CCTV installed in Deeg district's Pahari area and has prompted sharp attacks from the Con...