A 22-year-old woman of Odisha, who was allegedly trafficked over one-and-a-half months ago,
was rescued from Rajasthan, police said Thursday.
One person, identified as Sukhbir Singh Jath, of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan was arrested in this connection.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer Bhawani Sankar Udgata said some people kidnapped the woman from Bhubaneswar and handed her over to a man and a woman who forcibly married her off to Jath for Rs 1.5 lakh.
The father of the woman had lodged a complaint in the Town police station here in January stating that his daughter went missing, police said.
The police started an investigation and found that she was at Chirawa in Jhunjhunu district.
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A police team, along with the parents of the woman, then went to Rajasthan and rescued her on Wednesday, Udgata said.
The police were yet to capture the man and woman who had married her off to Jath at Chhota Bulunda in Jhunjhunu district, Udgata said.
A team set up to arrest the two will leave for Rajasthan soon, the SDPO said.
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