Chatra, Nov 12 (PTI) Two persons, including a woman, were allegedly tied to a tree and beaten by villagers for holding a girl “captive” for three days in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place at Ghangri village under Bashishtnagar police station limits on Wednesday.
The minor’s mother filed a police complaint on Wednesday, alleging that the 15-year-old girl was kidnapped for ransom.
DSP (Headquarters) Sunil Kumar Singh said the police rescued both the accused and they were being interrogated.
The accused woman told the police that it was a case of cyber fraud in which the girl had allegedly transferred around Rs 60,000 to an unidentified person from her mobile phone, he said.
The girl, a friend of the accused woman’s daughter, went to school on Saturday, but did not return home thereafter, according to the complaint.
“The woman held her captive at her home for three days with the support of a man. The victim was released on Tuesday as a search operation by the villagers intensified. The girl was threatened not to reveal anything to her parents,” the DSP said, quoting from the complaint.
The minor told her parents that the accused were “planning to sell her”, police said.
On Wednesday, the villagers caught the two accused, tied them to a tree and allegedly beat them, the officer said.
“The woman claimed that she sought Rs 60,000 from the girl, suspecting it to be a case of cyber fraud,” Bashishtnagar police station in-charge Amit Kumar Singh said.
Further investigation is underway. PTI CORR SAN RBT
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