11-year-boy kidnapped on Wednesday, rescued today, two persons arrested

Jaipur: An 11-year-old child, Kanha, who was kidnapped on Wednesday from Dholpur’s was rescued by district police on Thursday. Two persons – Mehdi Hasan and Mehboob - were arrested by police.

On Thursday, the child was left by the kidnappers at Nurabad area in Madhya Pradesh. The team of police officials rescued the child from there brought him to Dholpur. The child was handedover to his family on Thursday evening.

“The child’s father runs a street food stall. The child was kidnapped when he was returning after having met his father at the food stall around 9:30 am on Wednesday. On the way, he was kidnapped by two unknown persons. Later, the family informed the police and an FIR was registered at Sarmathura station,” said Dholpur superintendent of police (SP) Keshar Singh Shekhawat.

“Later in the evening, the family received a ransom call and the kidnappers demanded Rs 55 lakh. They were told that if they failed to give money, the child would be killed. The police swung into action immediately. Two teams were formed – one was assisting the father in negotiations with the kidnappers and the other was meant for technical surveillance to record the calls and seek assistance from the service providers to track the location,” he added.

The assistance of Madhya Pradesh police was also sought in tracing the location of child. “A team of police officials were sent to Morena, from where the ransom calls were made. It was found out that one of the accused, Mehdi Hasan was making calls from Kailaras. We arrested him with the help of MP police and during the interrogation he disclosed Mehboob’s name. We have arrested him as well. Investigation is underway,” said Shekhawat.