Police probing the complaint of a 21-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped in a car and molested said “a few contradictions” had emerged in the woman’s statement from the statement of a friend who was with her before she was allegedly abducted.

Three men had been arrested in connection with the case till Tuesday evening.

“A few contradictions have been found in the information given by the victim,” said a senior officer of Kolkata Police who is attached to the investigation.

Police sources said that according to the complainant, she had gone to her relative’s home at Kalikapur with a friend and returned around 11pm.

“However, according to the statement of her friend, they did not go to Kalikapur and went to a hotel near Acropolis Mall instead and returned much later. We are verifying both versions,” said an officer.

The complainant had also alleged that she was kidnapped from in front of Jahajbari in a black car that had a sunroof.

“However, according to her friend, she stepped out of the app cab at Jahajbari and then went to the black car without anyone forcing her in,” said an officer.

The woman had alleged that she was forced into the black car by a group of five men, two of whom she could identify by face.

Based on her statement, the police arrested the three on Monday.

The arrested were identified as Akash Singh, 21, and Rahul Shaw, 21, from Kasba, and Aditya Giri, 21, who is from Bihar.

All three were produced before a court on Tuesday and remanded in police custody.

“The accused men are also making a lot of claims. However, we are carrying out a neutral probe based on the evidence that is emerging during the course of the investigation,” said an officer.