Suspecting men from Baman Deoriya village in Jhalawar of stealing their bikes, around 100 people from Madhya Pradesh kidnapped 38 women and children from the village, which is around two kilometres from the MP border, police said. All were, however, rescued after a police chase. The kidnappings took place in hutments of the nomad Kanjar tribe who are settled in Baman Deoriya in Jhalawar. The Kanjars are identified as a Scheduled Caste in Rajasthan. Jhalawar SP Kiran Kang Sidhu said that “the Kanjar community did not file an FIR but considering the seriousness of the incident, the police filed an FIR suo motu.” The FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (member of unlawful assembly), 363 (kidnapping), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) apart from various sections of the Arms Act and the SC/ST Act.
