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Gurgaon girl kidnapped outside her college, freed after 7 hours

The entire incident was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed outside the college. It shows a young man, apparently known to the young woman, entering the college premises through a broken wall at 9:45am and calling her. As soon as the girl appears close to the wall, he took her across towards his associates who were waiting by the car. She is then dragged inside the car, which immediately drove off.

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In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly abducted in full public view by three men and driven away in a car outside the Dronacharya Government College (DSD) here on Monday morning. Police rescued the girl and have booked the three accused under various sections of IPC.

The entire incident was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed outside the college. It shows a young man, apparently known to the young woman, entering the college premises through a broken wall at 9:45am and calling her. As soon as the girl appears close to the wall, he took her across towards his associates who were waiting by the car. She is then dragged inside the car, which immediately drove off.

The CCTV visuals also showed the resistance put up by the young woman, by frantically trying to kick open the back door on the driver's side. This, along with what can be presumed to be cries of help, alerted two passers-by who gave the car a chase. In the first information report (FIR) lodged at the city police station, the witnesses claimed they saw the car driving off in the direction of the old Gurgaon railway station.

The police control room registered a case of a possible kidnapping and immediately swung into action. Investigation carried out by ASI Satendra led to the recovery of the girl within seven hours of her abduction.

According to Navdeep Singh Virk, commissioner of police, Gurgaon, the three accused were known to the girl and have been identified as Mangal, Jasvir and Vicky, all in their twenties. Two have completed their graduation and one dropped out of college after first year. "We have detained them and an investigation is on," he said.

"We are checking their criminal history, but nothing has come up so far. In this case, we are trying to ascertain the sequence of events that led to the kidnapping. It is coming to fore that the girl knew them and some argument had ensued between them following which the accused kidnapped her," said another police officer.

The identity of the car or its owner was not immediately known since the number plate of the car was not visible. The entire incident took place over a period of less than 30 seconds, and comes close on the heels of a debate on the rise in crimes in the capital region.

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