Last Updated: November 20, 2023, 17:33 IST
The incident was caught on CCTV. (PTI)
The clip shows two unidentified masked men, forcibly lifting the woman and taking her on a two-wheeler as onlookers watch in silence
In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped by two masked men from a petrol pump in broad daylight in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior on Monday.
The CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media. The clip shows two unidentified masked men, forcibly lifting the woman and taking her on a two-wheeler as onlookers watch in silence.
As per the video, one of the accused was wearing a helmet and the other one had covered his face with a cloth. One of the men then gets off the bike and forcibly takes the woman on the bike.
VIDEO | A woman was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified bike-borne assailants from a petrol pump in MP’s Gwalior earlier today. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera. pic.twitter.com/sklX36H4Jg— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 20, 2023
The camera installed at the petrol pump caught the incident and a police investigation has begun in the matter.
According to the police, two motorbike-borne men abducted a girl near Naka Chandravadni petrol station in Gwalior.
“Two police teams were formed to investigate the case. Our focus is to locate and rescue the girl. As per the girl’s family, her age is 19,” Rishikesh Meena, ASP Crime told ANI.
The victim is a 19-year-old BA student. She is a resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district and was kidnapped minutes after she stepped down from a bus around 8:50 am on Monday, NDTV reported.
The victim went to Bhind to celebrate Diwali with her family members and was waiting for her brother at the petrol pump, the publication reported.
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