<p>A six-year-old boy was kidnapped by his father’s former employee who demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh.<br /><br />Police rescued the boy within four hours by tracking the kidnapper’s mobile phone in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, police said on Saturday.<br /><br />On the basis of technical surveillance, a team of Delhi Police along with Uttar Pradesh Police had put up barricades on a road connecting Aligarh to Etah, nearly 170 kilometres from Delhi.<br /><br />“During checking, the 24-year-old kidnapper was found with the boy on a Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus bound for Etah from Delhi,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Bhairon Singh Gurjar.<br /><br />The accused has been identified as Kuldeep Singh, who hails from UP’s Kasganj district.<br />On Friday, a PCR call was received at east Delhi’s Madhu Vihar police station regarding the boy’s kidnapping from West Vinod Nagar.<br /><br />The kidnapper was known to the caller. Immediately, a team under Assistant Commissioner of Police (Madhu Vihar) N S Minhas collected information from the family. They were told that Kuldeep used to work at the family owned grocery store in West Vinod Nagar.<br /><br />Soon, a letter demanding ransom was recovered at the main door of the complainant’s house.<br /><br />“The kidnapper demanded Rs 5 lakh to be delivered at UP’s Etah district,” Gurjar added.<br />The team immediately left for Etah along with the kidnapped boy’s family members. <br /><br />A mobile phone number suspected to be used by Kuldeep was also put on surveillance.<br />It was noticed that the phone’s user was moving towards Etah.<br /><br /> The team laid a trap near Kasba Panaithi in Aligarh on the road connecting Aligarh to Etah.<br /><br />They checked all vehicles crossing the road and heading towards Etah. At about 7 pm, a UPSRTC bus bound for Etah from Delhi was stopped.</p>.<p>“On checking, Kuldeep was apprehended and the kidnapped boy was recovered,” Gurjar said.<br /><br />Kuldeep had left the job at the complainant’s grocery store last month.<br />He was in debt as his ancestral house was mortgaged. <br /><br />Kuldeep chose to kidnap the boy as he knew that the family was rich enough to pay ransom. <br /></p>
<p>A six-year-old boy was kidnapped by his father’s former employee who demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh.<br /><br />Police rescued the boy within four hours by tracking the kidnapper’s mobile phone in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, police said on Saturday.<br /><br />On the basis of technical surveillance, a team of Delhi Police along with Uttar Pradesh Police had put up barricades on a road connecting Aligarh to Etah, nearly 170 kilometres from Delhi.<br /><br />“During checking, the 24-year-old kidnapper was found with the boy on a Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus bound for Etah from Delhi,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Bhairon Singh Gurjar.<br /><br />The accused has been identified as Kuldeep Singh, who hails from UP’s Kasganj district.<br />On Friday, a PCR call was received at east Delhi’s Madhu Vihar police station regarding the boy’s kidnapping from West Vinod Nagar.<br /><br />The kidnapper was known to the caller. Immediately, a team under Assistant Commissioner of Police (Madhu Vihar) N S Minhas collected information from the family. They were told that Kuldeep used to work at the family owned grocery store in West Vinod Nagar.<br /><br />Soon, a letter demanding ransom was recovered at the main door of the complainant’s house.<br /><br />“The kidnapper demanded Rs 5 lakh to be delivered at UP’s Etah district,” Gurjar added.<br />The team immediately left for Etah along with the kidnapped boy’s family members. <br /><br />A mobile phone number suspected to be used by Kuldeep was also put on surveillance.<br />It was noticed that the phone’s user was moving towards Etah.<br /><br /> The team laid a trap near Kasba Panaithi in Aligarh on the road connecting Aligarh to Etah.<br /><br />They checked all vehicles crossing the road and heading towards Etah. At about 7 pm, a UPSRTC bus bound for Etah from Delhi was stopped.</p>.<p>“On checking, Kuldeep was apprehended and the kidnapped boy was recovered,” Gurjar said.<br /><br />Kuldeep had left the job at the complainant’s grocery store last month.<br />He was in debt as his ancestral house was mortgaged. <br /><br />Kuldeep chose to kidnap the boy as he knew that the family was rich enough to pay ransom. <br /></p>
