Police rescue abducted boy
gonda (uttar pradesh) — After the failure in the Kanpur botched up kidnapping case of a lab technician, Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday heaved a sigh of relief as they managed to save an 8-year-old boy who was abducted from Gonda. The STF team after a brief encounter with the kidnappers early on Saturday recovered the child and arrested five kidnappers, including a woman.
The abduction was reported on Friday afternoon. Following which the kidnappers asked for a Rs40 million ransom and even dared the family against reporting the case to the police. Telephone conver- sation made public showed the woman re- minding the family that nexus with police does not pay off as they must have seen in the Vikas Dubey case. During the encounter, two kidnappers were shot in the leg.
ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar told the media that several police teams were deployed after the FIR of the kidnapping was lodged. He said, the encounter took place on Saturday morning after an informer called them from Para village. The kidnappers were taking the boy to another place by car, he added.
Two kidnappers who were shot in the leg have been identified as Umesh Yadav and Deepu Kashyap. The other persons who have been arrested include Suraj Pandey, his wife Chitra Pandey and his younger brother Raj Pandey. The injured kidnappers have been admitted in a hospital for treatment. A car, one pistol and two country-made weapons have been recovered from them.
Prashant Kumar said a reward of Rs100,000 each has been announced by the government to the STF and local police. —