Jamshedpur: A three-year-old girl, who went missing from the crowded Sakchi market while she was shopping with her parents, was rescued from West Bengal’s Purulia district almost a fortnight later, police said on Wednesday. A childless couple has been arrested for child kidnapping.The accused, identified as Abdul Jasim alias Lakhan (42) and Afsana Begum (30), residents of Kapali in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, were produced in the court and remanded to judicial custody.The girl, Afreen, went missing from Sakchi market on May 26, following which a massive search operation was launched. Her father Mohammad Imtiaz, resident of Hayat Nagar of Dimna Basti, had lodged a complaint at Sakchi police station on the day of her disappearance.Acting on the instructions of SSP Piyush Pandey, the police formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the leadership of DSP to trace the child. The investigators scanned footage from around 50 CCTV cameras in and around the market area, besides collecting technical and human intelligence inputs and interrogating several suspects.This success was achieved after the police reached Pusti village under Jhalda police station area of ​​Purulia district. SP (City) Lalit Meena said that the child was rescued after a raid was conducted on Tuesday and the couple was arrested.During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed that they were childless for the last 10 years and had taken advantage of the crowd to abduct the girl from a crowded market area.Police have seized two mobile phones from the accused. Later, the girl was reunited with her parents after the necessary formalities were completed.(With inputs from PTI)