<p>In an incident reminiscent of Bollywood flicks, a four-year-old LKG student was kidnapped allegedly for ransom and was later abandoned at a church 50 km away from home. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The vicar of the church handed the girl to the police, who had been scouring Thrissur and neighbouring district for her from Friday morning. She was reunited with her family <br />Sub Inspector PK Rajan, who received the girl from the vicar, said Anu Shree had arrived at the Anglo-Indian Nursery School at Karukutty in Ernakulam district by the school bus at 9.30 am.<br /><br />She was stopped on her way to the class by a youth who covered her mouth and jumped into a Maruti car waiting at the compound of the church adjacent to the school. <br /><br />Though the school was largely empty as teachers and students were just arriving for the day’s classes, a student who saw the incident alerted a teacher and the principal, who then contacted the police and the local MLA and MP for assistance in finding the girl. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the girl’s parents received a call with the ransom demand of Rs 15,00,000. An hour later the abductor contacted the girl’s father Madhu, who has just returned from the Gulf and working as a sales person at a local jewellery, informing him that the demand had been halved. <br /><br />Just when police were about to pounce on the abductors after tracing the calls to Madhu’s mobile phone, the school principal received a call from the vicar of St George’s church at Thiruvillamala with the information that the girl was in his custody. <br /><br />Seeing the girl standing alone and crying, the vicar asked nuns at the local convent to take care of her. The girl then told them the incident.<br /><br />Pollice said they are close to arresting the abductors, though they are unable to understand the precise reason for the girl’s kidnap and subsequent abandonment. <br /></p>
<p>In an incident reminiscent of Bollywood flicks, a four-year-old LKG student was kidnapped allegedly for ransom and was later abandoned at a church 50 km away from home. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The vicar of the church handed the girl to the police, who had been scouring Thrissur and neighbouring district for her from Friday morning. She was reunited with her family <br />Sub Inspector PK Rajan, who received the girl from the vicar, said Anu Shree had arrived at the Anglo-Indian Nursery School at Karukutty in Ernakulam district by the school bus at 9.30 am.<br /><br />She was stopped on her way to the class by a youth who covered her mouth and jumped into a Maruti car waiting at the compound of the church adjacent to the school. <br /><br />Though the school was largely empty as teachers and students were just arriving for the day’s classes, a student who saw the incident alerted a teacher and the principal, who then contacted the police and the local MLA and MP for assistance in finding the girl. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the girl’s parents received a call with the ransom demand of Rs 15,00,000. An hour later the abductor contacted the girl’s father Madhu, who has just returned from the Gulf and working as a sales person at a local jewellery, informing him that the demand had been halved. <br /><br />Just when police were about to pounce on the abductors after tracing the calls to Madhu’s mobile phone, the school principal received a call from the vicar of St George’s church at Thiruvillamala with the information that the girl was in his custody. <br /><br />Seeing the girl standing alone and crying, the vicar asked nuns at the local convent to take care of her. The girl then told them the incident.<br /><br />Pollice said they are close to arresting the abductors, though they are unable to understand the precise reason for the girl’s kidnap and subsequent abandonment. <br /></p>
