Hyderabad: Kidnapped boy rescued in 30 hours

HYDERABAD: Rachakonda sleuths solved the kidnapping case of a two-year-old boy within 30 hours thanks to the CCTV cameras installed across the state.
On April 6 afternoon, the accused, M Muthaiah, 45, coolie, from Anthampeta village in Nalgonda district spotted two-year-old Abhilash alone under a tree at Kothapet.
The boy's mother Manju left the child alone under the tree and went to attend nature's call.
Muthaiah abducted the boy and fled from the spot.
Based on the complaint lodged by Manju and her husband, G Srinu, a labourer from Saidabad, Saroornagar Police registered a kidnapping case and launched a man hunt to nab the offender.
Police verified the CCTV camera footage at the crime scene and observed that a 45-year-old suspect had abducted the boy.
Rachakonda commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat roped in the special operations team and the IT cell into the probe.
Police team analysed the CCTV footage at several places, following the suspect's movements and finally established his identity.
On Wednesday night, police arrested Muthaiah from his house at Anthampet village in Marriguda Mandal of Nalgonda and rescued the boy.
During the interrogation, the accused told police that he married twice in the past and both his wives have deserted him.
Muthaiah has been living alone and when he came to Kothapet looking for work, he saw the boy and abducted him.
The accused told police that he wanted to raise the boy.
Police handed over the boy to his parents and the accused was sent in judicial remand.