SURAT: A 17-year-old Jharkhand girl was kidnapped from near her tuition classes in Daltonganj area and was brought to Surat. However, the plucky teen could escape from her abductors’ captivity and somehow reached Udhna railways station, where she was seen distressed and in dire need of help.
Thankfully, some Good Samaritan took mercy upon her and called up the women’s helpline Abhayam in Surat seeking help for the lost girl.
The team in Surat city soon reached the station, found the girl and after getting initial information on her family members and how she reached Surat, has initiated a process to send her back to her family.
Talking to TOI, an official from Abhayam team said that the girl is a Class XII student while her father runs dance classes. She has three siblings, two sisters and a brother, and the family lives in Daltonganj in Jharkhand.
“The girl told us that she was kidnapped by unknown persons including a woman on November 2 who brought her to Surat. She had gone to her tuition classes on that day and after it was over, was waiting near a college for some vehicle to reach home. Here, a woman approached her with a request to let her use the teen’s mobile phone, which she gave. The woman started chit-chatting with the girl, asking her about where she wanted to go, and where she stayed etc. In the meantime, a car reached the spot and the woman asked the girl if she would want a lift and the girl agreed,” the official said.
The girl was given some substances which rendered her unconscious and she was brought to Surat where she was kept in a room, the teen told Abhayam team. Here, she tried to call up her parents but the kidnappers allegedly snatched away her cellphone. But on Friday, she got a chance to escape in the morning. “She does not know where she was kept in Surat. We have contacted her family in Jharkhand as her parents had filed her missing report on November 2 in a local police station. Her family members will come to Surat to take back their daughter soon. Right now, she is being provided shelter at Sakhi One stop Centre in Surat,” the official added.