Abducted girl brought to Oachira

Kollam: The 17-year-old Rajasthani girl, who was abducted from Oachira on March 18, and the main

accused

, Mohammed Roshan were

brought

to Oachira around 2pm on Thursday. Besides the police team which took them into custody, a relative of the

girl

from Panvel in Maharashtra also accompanied the girl. Karunagapally assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Arunraj said that as per the documents available with the police the girl was a minor and various Sections under the Pocso Act would be invoked against the accused.

“As of now we have to depend on the available documents to proceed with the case till the age of the girl is conclusively ascertained. As the girl has no birth certificate, police will go to the girl’s native to collect her school admission details,” the ACP said. He also said that Sections under Pocso Act would be invoked against the accused after the medical examination of the girl. The officer said the accused would be also subjected to medical examination and both would be produced in the court on Friday.

The ACP said if the girl was not willing to go with her parents she would be sent to a shelter home under the social justice department after giving counselling.

A four-member police team headed by a sub-inspector took the girl and Roshan into custody from Panvel on Tuesday. When the police took him into custody, Roshan claimed that the girl and he decided to move out as their families were against their relationship.

However, police have not taken the claim seriously. The abduction of the girl got political dimension as the main accused was the son of a local leader of CPI. Former chief minister Oommen Chandy, opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, DCC president

Bindu Krishna

and BJP leader and MP Suresh Gopi had visited the girls’ parents and expressed solidarity.