Beed Police Crack 5-Year-Old Case, Rescue Missing Girl; 4 Arrested
· Free Press Journal
Beed: In a major breakthrough, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Beed district police has solved a five-year-old missing person case, busting a suspected gang involved in child trafficking and illegal child marriage. Four people, including two women and two men, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and sale of a girl who went missing at the age of 13.
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The case dates back to 2021, when an FIR under Section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Shivajinagar police station. The investigation was later transferred to the AHTU but hit multiple dead ends over the years, despite successive investigating officers reopening the case and conducting searches across Beed and other districts in Maharashtra.
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Acting on a tip-off that the victim and the accused were residing in Govindwadi in Georai tehsil of Beed district, an AHTU team laid a trap on October 17, 2026. The team rescued the victim and detained the suspects before handing them over to Shivajinagar police station.
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The operation was conducted under the supervision of Beed Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat and Additional Superintendent of Police Sameer Shaikh. The raiding team comprised API Janabai Sangale, Assistant Sub-Inspector Usha Chaure, Head Constables Pradeep Yewale and Ashok Shinde, and police personnel Bhausaheb Karle and Sandeep Garje.
Further investigation is underway at Shivajinagar police station.