Pizza order leads cops to missing teen; Nagpur student arrested in alleged kidnapping and rape case

Nagpur: A pizza delivery led police to a hotel where a missing 16-year-old girl was rescued, resulting in the arrest of a 19-year-old man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting her.

Police identified the accused as Nirmay Pakhare, who allegedly befriended the teenager through an online game before luring her away. Investigators tracked a pizza order to the hotel, where they rescued the girl and arrested the accused.

The incident began on Sunday, observed as Friendship Day, when the 16-year-old left home after telling her parents she was meeting a friend at a shopping mall. When she failed to return and her mobile phone was switched off, her family discovered she had not met any friends as claimed and reported her missing to the police.

Investigators examined the teenager's call detail records and social media accounts, which led them to suspect Nirbhay alias Akash Madhav Pakhre, a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) student from Thane who was living in a rented flat in Nagpur.

Police obtained the accused's phone number and contacted his family. A team from Thane then visited his home and asked his mother to call him.

According to police, the accused became alarmed after learning that officers had reached his family and allegedly forced the girl to call her parents to assure them that she was safe. Investigators used the call to narrow down their location.

Shortly afterwards, the accused placed an online order for a pizza. Police accompanied the delivery executive to the address, confirmed the location and raided the flat, rescuing the teenager and arresting the accused.