Local people foil attempt to kidnap minor girl, one hurt

  • | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

Except two, all the gang members fled the scene, police said.Padalur police rushed to the spot and the duo was handed over to the police team. However, there was no complaint over the attempt to kidnap the minor girl.Police said that they would arrest the two after registering cases against the entire gang members including her lover. The people gathered there chased the gang members. Her mother resisted the move resulting in a commotion on the road drawing the attention of the passer-by.Local people intervened and questioned the gang members. Dhamodaran, one among the local people, put up a tough resistance that led to the gang wielding a sickle and started attacking Dhamodaran.

Perambalur: In a bid to kidnap a teenage girl, an eight-member gang attacked a man with a sickle in the open and local people caught two of them at Chettikulam in Perambalur district on Tuesday.According to police, the gang, mostly teenagers that included her lover, arrived in three bikes and intercepted the girl who was accompanied by her mother on her way to attend the Plus-Two examination at the Government Higher Secondary School in Chettikulam in the morning. He grabbed her hand and asked her to hop on the bike to elope. Her mother resisted the move resulting in a commotion on the road drawing the attention of the passer-by.Local people intervened and questioned the gang members. Dhamodaran, one among the local people, put up a tough resistance that led to the gang wielding a sickle and started attacking Dhamodaran. He sustained mild injuries on his hand, leg and some parts of his body. The people gathered there chased the gang members. Except two, all the gang members fled the scene, police said.Padalur police rushed to the spot and the duo was handed over to the police team. On questioning them, a juvenile and a 21-year-old youth, they admitted to the police that the girl was in love with their friend and the two had planned to elope due to opposition from the family.Meanwhile, Dhamodaran lodged a complaint with the police for the attack. However, there was no complaint over the attempt to kidnap the minor girl.Police said that they would arrest the two after registering cases against the entire gang members including her lover. Dhamodaran was treated at a hospital and discharged.

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