The Tribune, January 31, 2003

Bid to kidnap child
Our Correspondent

Karnal, January 30
Prompt action by the Karnal police foiled the bid to kidnap a 3-year-old boy Manat from a farmhouse in Kulveri village, near here last night. Mr Parshant Kumar Aggarwal, district police chief, said that within six hours, Manat was rescued by the police and restored to his parents.

According to information, Manat along with his sister were sleeping in a room in their house when at about 12.45 a.m., a person pounced on him and took him out of the room. On this, the child started crying. His father, Mr Bhavnit Singh Kalyana, heard the child’s cries and ran towards his room. Finding the child missing from his bed, he rushed out of the house and saw a dark figure running away with the child. The distraught father ran after the person but he sped towards the fields. Mr Singh immediately informed the police, which cordoned off the area within half an hour and launched a hunt along with the help of villagers. The kidnapper left the boy in a small room at some distance from the farmhouse of Mr Bhavnit Singh and fled in darkness. The boy was rescued and restored to his parents.