Srinagar: A rights group in Kashmir on Thursday accused security forces of virtual "abduction" of the father of the girl whose alleged molestation by soldiers led to violent protests and subsequently to deaths of four people in firing by security forces.

"The family of the girl states that she has been kept in police custody from 12 April to date. Last night, around 1 a.m., the father of the victim was called to the Handwara police station. He was accompanied by his brother. Since then his whereabouts are not known. The family has been denied access to both the minor girl and her father," the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society (JKCS) said in a statement issued here.