Dharamshala, June 15 -- Police have recovered the 18-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped by a 19-year-old man from a minority community in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district earlier this week.

Communal tensions gripped the Majra area after the incident leading to widespread unrest, prompting authorities to impose Section 163 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) across Majra and nearby localities including Kiratpur, Meliyon, Fatehpur, and Mishrawala.

According to police, a kidnapping case was registered on June 10 after the duo allegedly eloped. Since then, the girl's family and local residents had been demanding her safe return.

The situation escalated on Friday evening when protests turned violent, resulting in clash...