HC lawyer's minor daughter abducted4 Jan 2008

HC lawyer's minor daughter abducted4 Jan 2008, 0440 hrs IST,TNN

NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by an unidentified person from Sarojini Nagar on December 7. The girl is a student of a reputed convent school in south Delhi. Her father is a lawyer at Delhi High Court while mother is a central government employee. The family is staying in Sarojini Nagar. The girl's father told Times City: "On December 7, my daughter had gone to school but she did not come back after which I approached the police. The police first filed a missing report and later a case of kidnapping was registered." "I am running from pillar to post in search of my daughter. Police say that she has gone on her own but we received a ransom call from the kidnapper on December 17 who told us that he would call us again. I informed the police about this but nothing could be done as the caller had switched off his mobile phone," he added. The police said they have sent teams to various places in and around Delhi and efforts were being made to rescue the girl. The kidnapper, police said, seems to be someone known to the girl. The family, however, denied this. "Are the police aware whether my daughter is dead or alive? I have not spoken to her since she was kidnapped. There is only one call that have I received so far. The mobile phone was found to be switched off and thus the police failed to track him," the father said. "The police also told us that the man who had abducted my daughter is a criminal and had spent time behind bars for a long time and was released recently. I do not know what to do as it is almost a month and there has been no clue about my daughter's whereabouts.” "We have mounted surveillance on the accused and will soon rescue the girl," said an officer of Sarojini Nagar police station.