Guwahati: Police Arrest Driver For Kidnapping Doctor's Daughter

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Police arrested the driver of Dr. Buddhaditya Bhattacharya, for allegedly kidnapping the city doctor's 10-year-old daughter while taking her to tuition classes on Thursday.

The accused is identified as Narahari Barman, who demanded a ransom of Rs 7 lakh to release his daughter.

The accused hailed from Assam's Barpeta and was working as a driver for Doctor Buddhaditya Bhattacharya, a resident of Guwahati.

As reported by the police, just like the other day, Nara Hari Barman came out of the house along with the child to take her to tuition classes at around 7:30 pm; however, he disappeared with the girl.

Later, Nara Hari rang up the child's mother and demanded a Rs 7 lakh ransom.

Meanwhile, the police swung into action and traced the accused driver behind a Ganesh temple in the Khanapara area and rescued the minor girl.

Another horrific kidnapping occurred on May 30 when an attempt to kidnap a young girl, was foiled near the St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School in the oil town of Duliajan. As per reports, the incident took place when a gang of four to five miscreants arrived at the school in a car and tried to abduct a school girl by forcefully grabbing and pulling her. However, their attempt went in vain as the inhabitants, who were reportedly present at the site of the incident came to the teenager's rescue and foiled their attempt.

Later on, A violent tug of war between the locals and the kidnappers followed which led to the girl sustaining minor injuries. However, the suspected abductors managed to flee from the spot. The victim was admitted to the Oil India Hospital in Duliajan so as to avail of better medication.

Meanwhile, the Duliajan police are carrying on with their investigation of the incident but so far, they have not succeeded in finding out any clues whatsoever. The parents of the victim girl were petrified after getting to know about this shocking incident.

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