Mangaluru : Duo of north Karnataka origin arrested for kidnap of minor girls

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 02, 2020:  Panambur Police have on Friday arrested two persons who were wanted in connection with the kidnapping of two girls. The two were hiding near Adyapady when they were trapped.

 

The arrested are Hanumanth (23) and Madesh (22), both residents of Thokur. They however hail from north Karnataka region. It is learnt the duo had kidnapped two girls of north Karnataka origin of whom one was a school going girl.  It is learnt  the two had pressurised the families of the girls to get them married. However when the families  refused they had  eloped with the girls  from Thokur on April 28.

A complaint was lodged in Panambur police station as the girls were minors. All the four were found in a hilly area in Adyapady. Locals who noticed them had informed the police  who arrested the accused and rescued the girls.

Of the two accused one  was a  carpenter and another a labourer.