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There has been news of a missing girl in Tehri district of Uttarakhand. The matter is from Kirtinagar area. Angry over the alleged disappearance of a teenage girl, locals vandalized a young man’s shop on Tuesday. The police reported the incident. Police said after registering a case, they began search for the girl who was missing since Monday night. Furthermore, the accused is also being sought.
They also broke down business fences.
Since morning, local people continued protesting in Kirtinagar market area demanding search for the girl and action against some people of a particular community and vandalized the shop of a youth. Later they also broke the billboards of some other businesses. Angry people staged a demonstration from Kirtinagar main market to Jakhani. During this period, a strong police force remained deployed in the market area.
Accused of absconding in the case
Meanwhile, BJP leader Lakhpat Bhandari said, “A minor girl from the city area was conspiratorially attracted towards a particular religion and attempts were made to mislead her religiously as well.” He said the police had also been informed about it earlier, but the police did not take concrete action. He said the accused in the case is absconding and the police have not been able to locate the girl so far.
Appeal to maintain law and order
Tehri Additional Superintendent of Police JR Joshi said a case has been registered against Salman, a resident of Najibabad in Bijnor district, under the Uttarakhand Religious Freedom Act and the POCSO Act. He said the search operation is continuing as the girl was reported missing and the police will soon arrest the accused. He appealed to the people to maintain peace, law and order. (Language)
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