Punjab Police recover child kidnapped from Seehan Daud village of Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: A day after a seven-year-old boy was kidnapped by two motorcycle-borne miscreants from Seehan Daud village while he was playing outside his home, Punjab police recovered him after an encounter with the kidnappers.
Bhavkirat had been abducted by two suspects on a motorcycle while playing outside his home in Seehan Daud.
As per an official statement, one of the abductors was killed in a police encounter, and two others were apprehended by law enforcement.
Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema reached the village Seehan Daud of Ludhiana and personally handed over kidnapped child Bhavkirat Singh to his parents.
An official statement added that earlier, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann also spoke to the parents of kidnapped child Bhavkirat Singh, a Class I student, who was kidnapped by two motorcycle-borne suspects when he was playing outside his home on the outskirts of the village Seehan Daud in Payal sub division of Ludhiana. The parents “thanked” Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Government and Punjab Police for “timely action” due to which their child was saved from the clutches of kidnappers.
Bhavkirat’s Mother Jaspreet Kaur and Father Ranvir Singh said that it was only due to the “timely action” of Punjab government that their son is now safely back in their house within 24 hours.
Lauding the state police for reining in criminals by taking strict and speedy action, Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema warned that people indulging in such heinous crimes would face encounters as there is no place for such people in our “Rangla Punjab”.
He assured them of the Bhagwant Singh Mann-led government's commitment to providing a safe environment for the people of Punjab, highlighting that the AAP government has given the police a free hand to eliminate crime and criminal elements from the state.
Earlier, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann also spoke with the parents of the kidnapped child, Bhavkirat Singh, a Class I student. In his tweet, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann shared that he spoke to Bhavjit’s father Ranvir Singh and warned that there is no place for such notorious elements in Punjab.
MLAs Manvinder Singh Giaspura and Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra, DIG Patiala Range Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Khanna SSP Jyoti Yadav Bains were also present on the occasion.