Several villagers of Usman Gadhi in Dasna town today held a protest, demanding action against eight youths of the village who had allegedly abducted two minor girls on July 16.
The father of the girls said an FIR was lodged under IPC section 363 (kidnapping) at Mussorie Police station and the girls were rescued by police.
The villagers demonstrated outside the office of Senior Superintendent of Police demanding action against the accused and also submitted a memorandum to the police chief.
In the memorandum, the kin of the girls alleged that instead of arresting the culprits, police was mounting pressure on them to withdraw some names from the complaint.
It said that accused were threatening them with dire consequences.
