A joint operation by the officials of the Joypur Police Station in Assam and the Mizoram Police, with the help of the Harinagar villagers, led to the arrest of Santosh Kumar Rai and securing the release of the little girl yesterday, a Mizoram police spokesman said today.
Both the accused and the abducted girl were brought to Aizawl today.
Police described Rai as the friend of the abducted girl's mother who belonged to Lengte hamlet, about 40 km west of Aizawl.
The Police team combed the Lengte hamlet, nearby jungle and jhum (shifting cultivation) areas for days after which they received information that the abductor left Mizoram and had entered Assam.