Missing minor girl found in Haryana, accused arrested after three-month-long probe
Guntur police have arrested a 21-year-old man in Haryana for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who had been missing since June 2026. The investigation involved extensive technical tracking of social media and mobile data across multiple Indian states.
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The Guntur police traced the 15-year-old Class X girl and arrested Shaik John Saida alias Rabbani, the accused with whom she had allegedly left home, at Karnal in Haryana on Friday, bringing an end to an nearly three-month-long search. The police brought both of them to Guntur, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vakul Jindal told The Hindu on Saturday.
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