Rourkela: The six year-old girl who was kidnapped Monday evening from Deogarh town was rescued Tuesday from a locality in Sundargarh district, police said. Pihu Agarwal, six, was abducted when she was returning from tuition with her grandmother (paternal).
Three persons came on a bike and accosted them. They then snatched Pihu from the elderly lady and sped away. Pihu’s father, an established cloth merchant in Deogarh, immediately informed the police. Deogarh police officials launched a manhunt to nab the kidnappers. Search and raids were conducted at different places in the district but nothing bore results.
However, things took a dramatic turn in the wee hours of Tuesday. Laxmikant Mishra, a resident of Badagaon under the same police station woke up when he heard the sounds of a girl crying around 3.30 am. On opening the door, he found the girl standing. “The girl was crying and was pleading to me to save her,” Laxmikant told the media Tuesday. Laxmikant then woke up the house owner Govind and the two informed the Badgaon police station.
Accordingly, the information was then passed on to the officials of Deogarh police station. The parents of the girl arrived Tuesday morning and the family was reunited. “By god’s grace and due to the efforts of Laxmikant, I got my daughter back. I am also thankful to the officials of Deogarh and Badgaon police stations. They helped me out in this hour of difficulty,” said Pihu’s father Ashok Agarwal. Talking about the case, SDPO Abhishek Panigrahi said, “The girl has been handed over to her parents and Deogarh police will now take over the investigations. We are satisfied that the girl has been safely rescued. We will talk to the girl once she gets over her trauma.
PNN
