A 19-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from a gas pump in broad daylight by two masked men in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh town of Gwalior on Monday, news agency ANI reported. The incident's CCTV footage quickly went popular on social media. The video shows two unidentified masked guys violently lifting the woman and transporting her on a two-wheeler while witnesses stand silently by. According to the footage, one of the accused was wearing a helmet and the other had a rag covering his face. The male then gets off the bike and forces the woman onto the bike.
The occurrence was captured on video at the petrol station, and a police investigation has commenced.
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According to police, two guys on motorcycles abducted a female near the Naka Chandravadni gas station in Gwalior.
Speaking with ANI, ASP Crime Rishikesh Meena stated: "Two motorbike-borne men abducted a girl today near Naka Chandravadni petrol station in Gwalior. Two police teams formed to investigate the case. Our focus is to locate and rescue the girl. As per the girl's family, her age is 19."
“Following the abduction of the girl, a case has been registered on the complaint of her kin and efforts are on to trace her,” Superintendent of Police Rajesh Singh Chandel was quoted by PTI in its report.
According to family members, a kid from the girl's village used to torment her, and a case was already filed in this respect, according to the SP.
The SP stated that she had travelled to Gwalior from Bhind with her father and other family members to attend a party at a relative's home. “The incident occurred when the girl went to the washroom of a petrol pump while her kin were talking to each other. Two motorcycle-borne forcefully took her away,” he said.