Three policemen were injured while trying to rescue a young homemaker who was allegedly kidnapped by a man whom she had befriended over Facebook a few months ago.

The incident happened in Baruipur on Saturday night, hours after the accused, identified as Tukan Das, allegedly kidnapped the woman from Rajpur at gunpoint.

“Three of our officers were injured. The man fired in the air before our officers overpowered him. The victim was safely rescued,” said an officer of Baruipur police district.

The police said the woman, who has an infant daughter, had apparently got involved in a relationship with Das.

Two months ago, the woman had apparently tried to end the relationship. She had also shifted from her in-laws’ house in Baruipur to her paternal home in Narendrapur.

“During the period when the woman had stopped all communications with the man, the accused posted a photograph in which he was seen being intimate with a woman resembling the victim. His intention was to malign her and force her to resume the relationship,” the officer said.

On Saturday, Das allegedly went to her in-laws’ house and threatened them with dire consequences if the woman did not contact him. Perturbed, the family asked the woman to contact Das over the phone.

“The man threatened the woman, too, over the phone,” the officer said.

The woman, accompanied by her father, was heading for Baruipur police station to lodge a complaint when Das allegedly abducted her. The father reported the matter to the police. Cops went to Das’s house and rescued the woman.