Five held in Gzb for kidnapping former employer’s 12-yr-old son

PRIME ACCUSED RAJA AND A MINOR USED TO WORK AT THE BOY’S FATHER’S SHOP

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad police on Saturday rescued a 12-yearold boy who was allegedly kidnapped by five persons, including a minor, from outside his school in Mayur Vihar’s Phase III. The police said the accused allegedly demanded a ransom of ₹2 crore from the boy’s family.

The accused were identified as Raja Gaur, Karan Yadav, Akash Chaudhary, Ravi and a 17-yearold. Karan and Ravi are from Allahabad, police said.

The arrests were made from Ghaziabad’s Khoda area where the accused had allegedly rented a room in Vandana Enclave for ₹3,000 a month before the kidnapping. They allegedly brought the boy to the room on Friday.

“Prime accused Raja and the minor were working at the shop of the boy’s father and knew him well. The plan was allegedly hatched by Raja, who is from Assam, to make a quick buck. He and the minor quit their jobs at the shop almost a fortnight ago and went to Allahabad where, along with other accused, allegedly they planned the incident. They came to Delhi two days ago,” Vaibhav Krishna, senior superintendent of police, said.

“They hired a room in Khoda with the help of Akash who works at a cellular company’s call centre in Noida. The accused allegedly kidnapped the child from outside his school in Mayur Vihar’s Phase III after school hours. The child was allegedly brought to Khoda where the police raided their hideout when they received information,” SSP Krishna said.

Police said the men had planned to flee to their respective hometowns and had planned to distribute ransom money among them. Police sources said a local in Khoda informed them about the suspicious movements of five men with a child who had a school bag, following which the police carried out a search and nabbed two of the accused. Further arrests were made Friday night.