Jammu, Aug 20 (PTI) Police have rescued a kidnapped girl and arrested the abductor in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said.

The girl's father had lodged a complaint at Ramnagar police station that his daughter went missing on July 25, they said.

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The police teams conducted searches at various locations but the abductor kept changing his location, the officials said.

Acting on a tip-off, the team nabbed the kidnapper and rescued the girl from Kanah area on Thursday, they said.

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The kidnapper was identified as Ankush Kumar and the girl handed over to her family after after legal formalities, they said.

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