KOCHI: The girl kidnapped from Oachira came on her own, said main accused Muhammed Roshan. He said that he was in love with her for the past two years. He said that his family knows about the relationship but they are against it. She was not forcibly taken, she came on her own, he added.

Roshan said they first went to Mangalore and from there reached Mumbai at his friend’s place. The Kerala police came to Mumbai following the call received by Roshan’s cousin. Roshan and the girl were at Panvel in Mumbai. They reached Maharashtra two days back. After staying in Mangalore for two days, they went to Rajasthan and from there reached Mumbai.

Police said as they were travelling most of the time, the police were not able to follow them. He sold his bike and had Rs 80,000 with him. He used to make calls from the phones of drivers of the vehicles he was travelling.