A three-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was abducted from Pimpri Chinchwad township in Pune district of Maharashtra on July 23, was rescued by police from the clutches of a family in Junnar city within 12 hours of the crime, an officer said on Monday.

Police have arrested five members of the family and are probing the case from various angles, including superstitious beliefs and suspected human sacrifice.