Andhra Pradesh: Three persons were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a minor girl, Nandigama police stated on Thursday. Acting on a complaint that the girl was missing, police launched an investigation and found the girl along with one person identified as G Veerababu on July 17 from the town of Madhira.

Police arrested Veerababu and two of his friends on charges of abduction. Nandigama Sub Inspector K J Naidu said: "The parents of the 16-year-old girl who hails from Ramannapeta and is student of Intermediate in Chaitanya college in Nandigama town had registered a missing complaint stating that she had been missing from July 14. They said they suspected she might be in love with somebody."