A 14-year-old schoolgirl from Malda who was trafficked to Bangladesh in January was rescued on Thursday.
“The Class VIII student had an affair with a married man... she did not know that the man was married. In January this year, she eloped with him,” said an officer.
The police initiated a probe after the girl’s family filed a complaint. The man’s cell phone was tracked. He had initially taken the girl to Dinhata in Cooch Behar and then to Bangladesh.
The investigators contacted the CID, the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh and also the police of the neighbouring country.
“Bangladesh police traced the girl and handed her over to us at the Petrapole border. On Thursday, we produced the her in a Malda court,” the police officer said.
Search for the man is on.