Guwahati: A 13-year-old girl was rescued by Assam Police after she was allegedly kidnapped by a government school teacher in the state's Dhubri district.
As per reports, the school teacher, identified as Zakir Hussain is on run following the developments.
Hussain allegedly lured the minor girl and took her to his relative named Moijuddin's home in the Ananda Nagar area in Bilasipara.
The matter came to light after the girl's family members filed a police complaint at Bandihana police station in Dhubri district.
Acting on the complaint, the police formed a team and successfully managed to recover the abducted girl from Krishan Nagar.
Earlier, as the accused teacher's name appeared in the case, an agitated mob along with the parents of the victim girl had gheraoed the residence of Hussain's relative in Ananda Nagar.
Earlier on August 6, a 14-year-old girl, who had gone missing from the Fatasil Ambari area was rescued from Pathsala.
As per the police sources, a case was registered at the Fatasil Ambari Police Station on the basis of an FIR lodged by the minor girl's family, and a youth named Faruk Ali was apprehended in this connection.
Prior to this incident, GRP and RPF personnel rescued at least four minor girls from the Guwahati Railway Station on June 15 and handed them over to Child Line, Guwahati.
GRP personnel spotted a minor girl loitering on Plate Form No 1 in a distress condition on June 15. When asked, the girl who was from Mankachar disclosed her name and address. She confessed that she had fled her house without the consent of her parents, and came to Guwahati by road to roam.
As the GRP could not make any contact with her relatives due to lack of any contact number they handed over the girl to Child Line, Guwahati after observing necessary formalities.
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