<p>A 10-year-old boy allegedly kidnapped by his uncle for a ransom of Rs 30 lakh was found abandoned in west Delhi after his parents approached police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Three kidnappers have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.<br />A probe was initiated after the boy’s father Raju approached RK Puram police station in south Delhi on Tuesday. <br /><br />“The boy had left home in RK Puram sector 6 for school on Tuesday morning. Around noon, Raju received a phone call informing that the boy had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of Rs 30 lakh,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Prem Nath.<br /><br />Raju was threatened that his son will be killed if the payment was not made by 5 pm on Tuesday. He immediately contacted the school, which confirmed that his son was missing.<br /><br />On receiving another ransom call, police told Raju to settle down the ransom amount from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. <br /><br />“The kidnapper asked Raju to arrange the money and wait for the next phone call,” Nath added.<br /><br />The mobile phone was switched off after the calls were made, but police managed to track the caller to Udyog Vihar in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri.<br /><br />A raid was being conducted when Raju received another phone call from the kidnapper. <br /><br />On the instructions of police, Raju agreed to pay the ransom and the kidnapper asked him to reach under Zakhira bridge in west Delhi. A police team reached the spot and a trap was laid.<br /><br />Raju boarded an autorickshaw with the ransom amount and was discreetly followed by another police team.<br /><br />“But somehow the kidnapper sensed police presence and abandoned the boy near Zakhira bridge. The boy was safely recovered,” Nath said.<br /><br />The boy told his father that he was kidnapped by uncle Sunil who is Raju’s cousin and his three accomplices.<br /><br />The gang also left a motorcycle at the spot which was found to have been stolen from Mangolpuri.<br /><br />During investigation, the police team arrested Sunil’s accomplice Bhagwan Dass, 22.<br />At his instance, co-accused Tarkeshwar, 20, and Karan, 20, were also arrested.<br />“Investigation is in process and raids are being conducted at Sunil’s possible hideouts,” Nath added.<br /><br />On interrogation, the accused told police that Sunil recently had an altercation with Raju over a trivial issue.<br /><br />Thereafter, he contacted them and hatched a conspiracy to take revenge by kidnapping Raju’s son to demand a ransom.<br /><br />As per plan, they robbed a mobile phone from Nihal Vihar and a motorcycle from Mangolpuri.<br /><br />Around 10 am on Tuesday, Sunil and Bhagwan Dass went to RK Puram on the motorcycle and told the child that his father was calling him.<br /><br />As the child knew Sunil, he left with them. <br /><br />“The child was taken to Mangolpuri where he was left in the custody of Tarkeshwar and Karan. Bhagwan Dass was the person negotiating with Raju,” Nath said.<br /></p>
<p>A 10-year-old boy allegedly kidnapped by his uncle for a ransom of Rs 30 lakh was found abandoned in west Delhi after his parents approached police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Three kidnappers have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.<br />A probe was initiated after the boy’s father Raju approached RK Puram police station in south Delhi on Tuesday. <br /><br />“The boy had left home in RK Puram sector 6 for school on Tuesday morning. Around noon, Raju received a phone call informing that the boy had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of Rs 30 lakh,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Prem Nath.<br /><br />Raju was threatened that his son will be killed if the payment was not made by 5 pm on Tuesday. He immediately contacted the school, which confirmed that his son was missing.<br /><br />On receiving another ransom call, police told Raju to settle down the ransom amount from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. <br /><br />“The kidnapper asked Raju to arrange the money and wait for the next phone call,” Nath added.<br /><br />The mobile phone was switched off after the calls were made, but police managed to track the caller to Udyog Vihar in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri.<br /><br />A raid was being conducted when Raju received another phone call from the kidnapper. <br /><br />On the instructions of police, Raju agreed to pay the ransom and the kidnapper asked him to reach under Zakhira bridge in west Delhi. A police team reached the spot and a trap was laid.<br /><br />Raju boarded an autorickshaw with the ransom amount and was discreetly followed by another police team.<br /><br />“But somehow the kidnapper sensed police presence and abandoned the boy near Zakhira bridge. The boy was safely recovered,” Nath said.<br /><br />The boy told his father that he was kidnapped by uncle Sunil who is Raju’s cousin and his three accomplices.<br /><br />The gang also left a motorcycle at the spot which was found to have been stolen from Mangolpuri.<br /><br />During investigation, the police team arrested Sunil’s accomplice Bhagwan Dass, 22.<br />At his instance, co-accused Tarkeshwar, 20, and Karan, 20, were also arrested.<br />“Investigation is in process and raids are being conducted at Sunil’s possible hideouts,” Nath added.<br /><br />On interrogation, the accused told police that Sunil recently had an altercation with Raju over a trivial issue.<br /><br />Thereafter, he contacted them and hatched a conspiracy to take revenge by kidnapping Raju’s son to demand a ransom.<br /><br />As per plan, they robbed a mobile phone from Nihal Vihar and a motorcycle from Mangolpuri.<br /><br />Around 10 am on Tuesday, Sunil and Bhagwan Dass went to RK Puram on the motorcycle and told the child that his father was calling him.<br /><br />As the child knew Sunil, he left with them. <br /><br />“The child was taken to Mangolpuri where he was left in the custody of Tarkeshwar and Karan. Bhagwan Dass was the person negotiating with Raju,” Nath said.<br /></p>
