Mumbai, August 1: The Mumbai police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl from Sewri area here, an official said on Tuesday. The accused Irshad Khan was apprehended from a bag-making unit in New Delhi on Monday and the girl was rescued, the official said.

Khan, a native of Begusarai in Bihar, allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl from Sewri last month, he said. A case of kidnapping was registered after the girl's mother reported her missing, the official said. Haiti: Journalists at Risk from Arson, Kidnapping, Attack.

Based on the girl's call records, the police zeroed in on the accused, he said, adding that further probe is underway.

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