Cops rescue 2 girls, detain stepdad

KOLKATA: The Tiljala traffic guard reportedly rescued two girls — aged 12 and 14 years— who were travelling on a bike with their foster father on the EM Bypass on Saturday morning.
The cops stopped the bike after the OC of Tiljala guard noticed that the girls’ hands were tied with a rope and they were crying. The girls were produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and sent to a shelter home.
Their foster father has been detained for questioning. Police said the girls’ mother had left the Tangra residence some time ago and has been living with the foster father at Mullickpur near Baruipur. “We have summoned the mother to Tiljala police station. Depending on his statement and her corroborative statement, we will decide whether to arrest him or not,” said DC (SED) Sudip Sarkar.
OC Souvik Chakraborty was doing the rounds of the Garia-bound flank of Bypass near Ambedkar bridge, when he noticed the girls on the bike. He asked sergeant Pabitra Biswas to intervene.