text: The minor's father said witnesses had told him the trio was in a car and tried to take her inside the car. “They were carrying three different number plates in the car,” he added.
  Three Army troopers have been arrested on charges of molestation and attempt to abduct a minor girl in Bandipora district.
  Witnesses and police sources told local wire agencies the nine-year-old girl belongs to the Chewa area of the northern Kashmir district.
  The three soldiers were detained on February 10 after they made the alleged bid to abduct and molest the girl. Of them, two men are non-locals, while one of the troopers is a resident of the state, police sources said.