DOMESTIC HELP ABDUCTS 3-YR-OLD DAUGHTER OF EMPLOYER, HELD

A 23-year-old domestic help was arrested for allegedly kidnapping her employer’s three-year-old daughter from their home in central Delhi’s Patel Nagar, and demanding a ransom of ₹42,000 for her safe return.

Police said the accused allegedly kidnapped the girl on Monday afternoon as she was annoyed at being scolded by her employer. According to police, the accused allegedly called the child’s mother and threatened to kill the toddler and commit suicide if she did not receive the ransom amount.

The accused was caught and the child was safely rescued within three hours, after the Rajasthan Police -- acting on a tip-off from Delhi Police -intercepted an Alwar-bound bus they were travelling in, near Bhiwadi-alwar border, police said.

A senior Delhi Police officer said the child’s mother, a single parent who works in a costume export company in Delhi, approached the Patel Nagar police, claiming that her daughter was kidnapped by her domestic help between 3pm and 3.30pm, while she was out for work.

“The complainant told us that she had scolded the domestic help in the morning for not doing housework properly,” said the officer.

Police said a case of kidnapping for ransom was registered and multiple teams scanned the CCTV cameras from the complainant’s neighbourhood, which showed the help leaving with the child.

Investigators learnt that the suspect belonged to Alwar in Rajasthan, and was working at the complainant’s house for the past eight months. Suspecting that she may have left for her hometown, police teams notified their counterparts in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi, Alwar and Sikar areas.

“Around 6pm, the Bhiwadi police found the suspect travelling in a bus with the child. The suspect was caught and the child was safely rescued,” said the officer.

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