Thr Calcutta High Court today directed CID to investigate a case of abduction of a minor girl at Mangalkote in Burdwan district while expressing its displeasure at the district police's apathy in rescuing the girl.
Justice Joymalyo Bagchi, directing state CID to investigate the abduction, wondered whether the police would have remained inactive had the girl been from an affluent family and whether a section of local police had any collusion with the perpetrators of the crime.
He asked whether the police has made any serious effort to track the girl or whether they have given any advertisement in newspapers in this regard.
The court also directed that an officer of the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police would lead the investigation in the matter.
The girl was abducted on April 18 this year and since then her father has been making rounds of Mangalkote police station so that his daughter can be rescued.
Unable to get any positive response from the police, her father H Gorai finally moved the HC alleging police inaction in locating and rescuing the girl.
