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Minor Girl Accused Of Theft Handed Over To Police In Bhangagarh

 

GUWAHATI: A minor girl was cornered by locals in Bhangagarh area on Tuesday evening after she was accused of stealing money from a local.

As per reports, an individual who had come to Bhangagarh to visit a doctor was the victim from whom another boy had stolen a significant amount of cash estimated to be around ₹34,000 and handed it over to the minor girl and fled the scene.

Later, the locals cornered the girl and, on searching her belongings, found the cash that was stolen.

The people then handed the girl over to Bhangagarh Police Station.

While talking to GPlus, a police official of Bhangagarh Police Station said, “We were told by the locals about the incident and on reaching the scene we saw them cornering the girl. We have brought her to the police station now and are waiting for the Child Welfare Department so that we can hand her over to them.”

“We don’t have any information about the girl. She doesn’t speak the local language but she has been repeating Maligaon so we are presuming that she lives there,” the official further added.

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