Jilted lover held for kidnapping minor

KANNUR: Kannur town police have arrested two youth, including a 16-year-old plus two student, for trying to abduct a 14-year-old schoolgirl on Wednesday evening. According to police, the arrested have been identified as Muhammed Eesa (18) of Kottali and his friend, a plus-two student, based on the complaints of the girl’s parents.

Police said the incident happened on Wednesday evening, when Eesa came on a car and abducted the girl, who was returning home from her school in Puzhathi in the suburbs of Kannur, along with her friend. The friend rushed to the girl’s house and informed them about the incident, who in turn alerted the police.

Meanwhile, the 16-year-old boy, who felt things were getting worse, requested Eesa to drop her back. However, he dropped the boy at Thazhe Chovva in the suburbs of the town and drove away.

Though some locals tried to block the car, Eesa escaped from the scene. They handed over the minor boy to the police.

On interrogation, the boy told that in all possibility Eesa had taken the girl to Wayanad, as he had a friend there. Meanwhile, when police contacted the owner of the car, who gave it on rent to Eesa, he said the boy took the car to go to Wayanad. The police traced his mobile phone location with the help of its cyber cell and finally nabbed him from Nedumpoyil in Wayanad.

According to Eesa’s confessional statement, he was in love with the girl but of late she had started avoiding him, which infuriated the lover. So he, with the help of the minor boy, was planning to take her to Wayanad and marry her.

Police took statement from the girl and sent her home along with her family, while the JFCM court here on Thursday evening, sent Eesa to judicial remand for 14 days. The minor boy was presented before the juvenile court in Thalassery.