Rajkot: Jamnagar City ‘A’ Division police have rescued a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped after being befriended and lured through the mobile gaming application Free Fire. A 24-year-old man from Assam has been arrested in connection with the case, police said.According to police, the incident took place on Oct 8 at around 4:45 pm near the Jamnagar State Transport bus stand. The complainant, a resident of a village in Jamnagar district’s Kalavad taluka, said that an unidentified person had enticed and kidnapped his minor daughter from the custody of her lawful guardian. A case was later registered at the Jamnagar City ‘A’ Division police station.“During the investigation, we found that the accused had created an ID on the Free Fire mobile game and befriended the minor. He gradually engaged her in text chats and obtained her phone number. He later contacted her through phone calls and abducted her,” said V M Dodiya, police inspector of the A Division police station. The accused had travelled from Assam to Jamnagar to kidnap the girl, police added.Following the complaint, police launched a search operation. Technical surveillance helped investigators trace the girl’s location to Jogighopa village in Assam’s Bongaigaon district. A police team was then dispatched to Assam to locate and rescue her.The team successfully traced the minor and rescued her from the accused’s custody. The accused was identified as 24-year-old Pradyut Choudhury. The girl was reunited with her parents, while Choudhury was brought to Jamnagar for further legal proceedings.Choudhury has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.Issuing a caution to parents, Dodiya said, “In this digital age, parents should monitor social media activities of their children and educate them about the risks of sharing personal information with strangers.”
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