Ludhiana, April 16 -- In a shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by a neighbour from the Sukhdev Nagar labour quarters in Daba, Ludhiana, on Monday. Less than 24 hours later the police rescued the girl and handed her over to her parents. The police also arrested the accused.

The child went missing suddenly, and her family later discovered that a neighbour known to them had taken her with him. Following a complaint lodged by the girl's mother, the Daba police registered an FIR against the accused, identified as Santosh, a resident of Sukhdev Nagar, originally from Ara Bhojpur, Bihar.

Inspector Gurdial Singh, station house officer (SHO) at Daba police station, said that an FIR under Section 140(3) related to kidna...