NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have arrested a woman on the charge of helping her son in kidnapping a minor girl.
Investigating officer (IO) Jaswindar Singh said the accused had been identified as Baljit Kaur wife of Ranjit Singh a resident of Uggi village under Nakodar Sadar police station who helped her son Harjot Singh in committing the crime.
IO said a case under Sections 363 (kidnapping), and 366 (kidnapping, abducting, or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of the IPC was registered against the accused, and Sections 376(rape) 506(criminal intimidation), and section 6 of POSCO Act were added in the FIR registered in November 2023.