<p>The police acted swiftly and rescued a five-year-old boy after arresting four of his kidnappers from Kengeri, west Bengaluru on Monday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The west division police had to shoot at one of the kidnappers in his leg when he tried to assault the police team in a bid to escape. The police are on the hunt for three others who managed to escape.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The kidnap happened on January 28 around 2 pm when the boy, who is the son of Rajesh, a car driver, was playing in front of his house in K P Agrahara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the kidnappers, whom the police later identified as Abhishek, the son of Rajesh's landlord, himself led the boy to a blind spot where there was no CCTV coverage and abducted the boy from there, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajesh then started receiving calls for a ransom for Rs 35 lakh from unidentified persons for the safe release of his son. The callers also threatened to kill the boy if Rajesh approaches police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajesh lodged a complaint with KP Agrahara police who formed three teams that started tracking the phone calls. Meanwhile, Abhishek too joined the search party and was pretending to search for the boy. The police found his movements suspicious and kept a watch on him while tapping his phone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police soon learnt that Abhishek was informing the kidnappers about their location and kept alerting them to move to different spots. Abhishek was picked up for questioning and he blurted out that he was part of the kidnap plot. The police also found out that Abhishek masterminded the plot after he learnt that though Rajesh was a driver, he owned a Maruti Swift car, an autorickshaw and four acres of land in his native village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police traced the kidnappers' car moving on Kommaghatta Road in Kengeri. The team surrounded them near Visvesvaraya Layout and rescued the boy. Meanwhile, car driver Divyatej charged at the police with a machete.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior police officer fired twice at his leg with his service pistol in self defence. One of the bullets hit Divyatej's right leg immobilising him. Two others who were present in the car identified as Srikanth (19) and Arshith (18) were arrested while Divyatej was shifted to Victoria Hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kengeri police have registered a case against the gang for assaulting the police and are investigating. The boy was reunited with his parents.</p>
<p>The police acted swiftly and rescued a five-year-old boy after arresting four of his kidnappers from Kengeri, west Bengaluru on Monday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The west division police had to shoot at one of the kidnappers in his leg when he tried to assault the police team in a bid to escape. The police are on the hunt for three others who managed to escape.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The kidnap happened on January 28 around 2 pm when the boy, who is the son of Rajesh, a car driver, was playing in front of his house in K P Agrahara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the kidnappers, whom the police later identified as Abhishek, the son of Rajesh's landlord, himself led the boy to a blind spot where there was no CCTV coverage and abducted the boy from there, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajesh then started receiving calls for a ransom for Rs 35 lakh from unidentified persons for the safe release of his son. The callers also threatened to kill the boy if Rajesh approaches police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajesh lodged a complaint with KP Agrahara police who formed three teams that started tracking the phone calls. Meanwhile, Abhishek too joined the search party and was pretending to search for the boy. The police found his movements suspicious and kept a watch on him while tapping his phone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police soon learnt that Abhishek was informing the kidnappers about their location and kept alerting them to move to different spots. Abhishek was picked up for questioning and he blurted out that he was part of the kidnap plot. The police also found out that Abhishek masterminded the plot after he learnt that though Rajesh was a driver, he owned a Maruti Swift car, an autorickshaw and four acres of land in his native village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police traced the kidnappers' car moving on Kommaghatta Road in Kengeri. The team surrounded them near Visvesvaraya Layout and rescued the boy. Meanwhile, car driver Divyatej charged at the police with a machete.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior police officer fired twice at his leg with his service pistol in self defence. One of the bullets hit Divyatej's right leg immobilising him. Two others who were present in the car identified as Srikanth (19) and Arshith (18) were arrested while Divyatej was shifted to Victoria Hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kengeri police have registered a case against the gang for assaulting the police and are investigating. The boy was reunited with his parents.</p>
