Daughter of nomadic couple from Bihar abducted in Thiruvananthapuram, probe underway

Police sources said according to information provided by one of the girl’s brothers, a person was moving around in a two-wheeler in a suspicious manner in the area during the time.

As television channels began airing the news, police teams rushed to the spot and carried out searches.

Thiruvananthapuram MLA Antony Raju said an alert had been sent to all police stations and an ADGP-level officer was coordinating the investigation.

“The incident happened around midnight and the police are carrying out a comprehensive probe. Police stations in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts and Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu have been alerted,” he told the media.

The incident happened months after a five-year-old girl, daughter of a migrant couple, was abducted from her house and killed after being sexually assaulted in Aluva in Ernakulam district.

A migrant worker, convicted in the case, was given a death sentence by a special court in November 2023.

According to police, the convict Ashwaq Alam from Bihar had on 28 July, 2023 lured the girl by promising sweets and subsequently brutally raped and killed her, before dumping the body in a garbage-strewn marshy area behind a local market in nearby Aluva.

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