Man held for abducting child

A man was arrested today on charge of abduction of a three-year-old girl in Nargadih village under Chandil police station of Seraikela-Kharswan district, police said.

The accused Shatrughan Layek, who was a resident of Chowka police station area of the district, was arrested on the basis of a case registered by the victim's father.

Layek, on a visit to his sister's place in Nargadih, took the girl in his lap and was going towards a nearby jungle when he was spotted by the girl's family members.

He was arrested after a case was registered in this regard, the SP added.