‘Godman’ booked for abduction

A self-styled godman in Ghaziabad has been booked for abducting his cousin.

The police said the accused,Anup Kumar Sahay,is a resident of Vijay Nagar. According to a complaint filed by the victim’s mother Subha Srivastava,the accused,along with his brother Ashok Kumar Sahay,had abducted her daughter,Priyanka. “Priyanka has been missing since February 15,when she went to purchase milk,” Subha Srivastava has stated in the complaint. The police said the two accused are Priyanka’s cousins and often visited her house in Raj Nagar.  

Superintendent of Police (City) Ghaziabad Avdhesh Kumar Vijeta said the police received the complaint on Saturday. “Sahay has been booked under Sections 363,313 and 366 of the IPC which pertain to kidnapping and forcing a woman to undergo abortion without her will.”