Delhi Crime Branch arrests woman accused of abetting minor's abduction

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a 23yearold woman for allegedly tracking and facilitating the abduction and assault of a minor girl from Delhi who was taken to Gujarats Surat in 2019 officials said on SundayAccording to officials the accused woman identified as Geeta a resident of Punjabs Ludhiana had been wanted for over five years in connection with charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and was declared a Proclaimed Offender after evading arrestThe accused allegedly lured a 15yearold girl from her home in Delhi in November 2019 and took her to GujaratThe matter came to light when the victims parents appraoched Kanjhawala police and lodged a complaint about her disappearance following which a case under Section 363 of the IPC was registered Delhi Police Crime Branch said in a releaseDuring the investigation the victim was located and in her statement to the magistrate recorded in February 2020 she stated that the accused Geeta had lured her to Surat Gujarat where she was held captive administered intoxicating substances and subjected to repeated sexual assault by two individuals Pintu and Satinder under Geetas instructions The victim was prevented from contacting her family and her mobile SIM card was destroyed by the accused She was confined illegally in Surat Gujarat for approximately four months they saidThe local police made several attempts to apprehend Geeta but she continued to evade arrest by frequently changing locations In February 2020 the accused dropped the victim near Bawana in Delhi after sensing police scrutiny The victim managed to return home independently they addedBased on the victims statement additional charges were added to the case including Sections 328 376D and 120B of the IPC along with Section 6 of the POCSO Act Geeta continued to evade arrest leading the court to declare her a Proclaimed OffenderSecret information regarding her whereabouts was later provided to the Crime Branch which tracked her to Ludhiana Utilizing both technical surveillance and manual intelligence the team located and apprehended her in Janta Nagar area of Ludhiana No further arrests have been made in the case they saidAccused Geeta born in Raghunathpur in Uttar Pradeshs Lucknow was educated up to the 8th grade Her parents worked as labourers and the family previously resided in Village Punjab Khor Delhi Geeta who is married but separated from her spouse was 18 years old at the time of the offense She currently resides in Janta Nagar Ludhiana and this case marks her first recorded criminal involvement they addedOfficials were further looking into the case and a hunt to nab the two other accused in the case was onThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever