Budgam: A woman was killed while trying to prevent the alleged abduction of her 15-year-old daughter in the Kechpuran area of Khansahib, with police solving the murder and kidnapping case within 12 hours and rescuing the minor girl, officials said.
Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that Police Station Khansahib received information during the intervening night about an accident at Chek Sheera, where an unknown vehicle had allegedly run over a woman pedestrian, resulting in her death.
A police official said the deceased woman was shifted to District Hospital Budgam, where doctors declared her brought dead.
He said a case, FIR No. 96/2026, under Sections 125A and 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Police Station Khansahib, and investigation was taken up.
During the course of the investigation, police found that the minor daughter of the deceased had allegedly been kidnapped, and the woman was killed when she tried to prevent the accused from taking her daughter away.
Instigating the case, police after analysing multiple CCTV footages and technical evidence, traced and arrested the accused from the Parimpora area of Srinagar, and the kidnapped 15-year-old girl was also rescued.
Subsequently, relevant sections related to murder and kidnapping were added to the case, while further investigation is underway, the official said. (KNO)
