KOLLAM: The girl abducted from Oachira was traced from Mumbai by the Kerala police. The police have taken into custody Muhammed Roshan who was with the girl. They were traced by the shadow team. All arrangements are being taken to bring the two to the state.

The 13-year-old-girl was abducted from Oachira in Kollam after assaulting her parents, a nomadic couple from Rajasthan. The couple was selling plaster-of-Paris figurines on the side of the national highway. The four-member gang barged into the family’s shanty on the roadside and abducted the girl.

The police have registered a case against the main accused Muhammed Roshan, Bibin, Ananthu and Pyari under POCSO. Binin, Ananthu and Pyari are now in police custody. The accused have been charged for kidnap and child abuse.