ALWAR: The anti-human trafficking bureau of Dholpur police on Friday rescued a minor girl who had been kidnapped from Madhya Pradesh's Morena district a year ago. The police said that the victim had given birth to a girlchild a fortnight back. She has been handed over to her parents while the search for those who had abducted her is going on.

According to bureau's in-charge Rajendra Chouhan, the victim is a resident of Chinnoni police station area in Morena. "She had been kidnapped. The parents of the girl approached the district SP on Friday saying they suspect that the girl was at Jagriyapura village under Sepau police station area of Dholpur district," said Chouhan.

He added that the SP had asked the bureau to investigate the case following which a raid was conducted at the village. "She was found living in a house there. However, the family residing there was missing," said the officer.

"We rescued the girl who had given birth to a girl child just a fortnight back. She says that she had not married the man who fathered the child. The police have registered a case of rape also against the accused man. He and his family members are being searched," said the officer.

Several cases of girls' being abducted from UP and Madhya Pradesh and forced into marriage by people in Dholpur have been reported in the recent past. TOI