Kidnapped boy rescued in Delhi, abductor arrested

5 Dariya News

New Delhi 03-Jun-2015

A four-year-old boy, who was abducted on Tuesday night, was rescued on Wednesday and a 21-year-old man arrested for the kidnapping, police said.The accused -- identified as Mohit, a resident of Kakruwa village in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh -- was arrested from the Delhi Junction railway station.Police claimed that the case was solved within 90 minutes of it being reported.Santosh Kumar, a resident of Lal Bagh in Azadpur, informed police on Tuesday night that his minor son was kidnapped by an unknown person.

He said he received a ransom call on his mobile phone demanding Rs.60,000 for releasing his son.Soon after getting information, the kidnapper's location was traced to the Delhi Junction railway station.A police team rushed to the station along with the boy's father, and during a search operation at platform No.10, found the child with the kidnapper.During interrogation, Mohit revealed that he had worked in the past as a waiter with the boy's father. He said he was in desperate need of money and, therefore, kidnapped the child, police said.