HP cops rescue missing girl from J&K, one held
Shimla, Sept. 3 -- A four-year-old girl hailing from Lahaul Spiti, who had been missing, while her mother was found murdered in Kirtapur, was recovered from Jammu and Kashmir and one person was arrested.
A complaint was received from a resident of Lahaul-Spiti and a case registered on August 16. The complainant had told the police that his wife had taken his daughter to Kullu hospital for treatment. On August 5, he had last talked to his wife who told him that she is in Manali with their daughter but ever since her mobile phone was switched off and all efforts to trace her turned futile. So on August 13, he lodged a missing complaint of his wife and daughter. On August 14, he was informed that the body of an unknown woman had been found on the roadside in Kiratpur in Punjab who was later identified by him to be his wife while their daughter was nowhere to be found.
The issue was raised in the Himachal assembly by Congress MLA Anuradha Rana from Lahaul Spiti on August 27.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted on August 17. Parallel investigations revealed that the missing girl was in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. A district police team along with family members proceeded to Kulgam and recovered the girl, who was handed over to her father in the presence of Himachal Police. htc...
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