Girl's abduction: Police still clueless

BATHINDA: A week after a 15-year-old girl was kidnapped from her house in Faridkot by a seven-member armed gang, the police have failed to trace her. Local residents, social organisations and students have called for a bandh on Monday.
At a meeting of "Gundagardi Virodhi Saanjhi Action Committee" on Sunday, the residents of the town will submit a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, demanding immediate arrest of the accused.Over 100 associations, including NGOs, employees' unions religious and social bodies and students are taking part in the protests being organised by the action committee. People living in nearby villages have also joined the protest now.
"We are pursuing the case in an organized way and about 10 teams have conducted raids in Punjab. Those involved in the case have also been identified and all are from Moga and Faridkot," said Gurinder Singh Dhillon, SSP, Faridkot.
The girl, a class X student of a convent school in Faridkot, was abducted from Dogar Basti area. According to police, Nishan Singh, 20, a resident of Harendra Nagar, and his friends, armed with guns and iron rods, had barged into the girl's house on September 24 afternoon and abducted her. Her father, a businessman, and mother, an LIC employee, were assaulted and they are in hospital now.
As per police record on March 25, 2012, he had kidnapped the same girl from her home. Police had traced the girl in a house in Kharar in Mohali on August 10. After medical examination, police had slapped rape charges on Nishan, who is still absconding.