Phagwara: The police have booked a Rajouri resident on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl on the pretext of marrying her.
Police on Tuesday registered a case under various sections of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by local resident Sewa Singh against Kaushal Kumar, a resident of Rajauri in Jammu and Kashmir on the charge of kidnapping her minor daughter on the pretext of marrying her.
The complainant told the police that her daughter went to market for purchasing few household goods on February 15 but did not return. He expressed his doubt that the accused residing in a nearby locality had abducted her on the pretext of marrying her.
The police are investigating the matter.