The Tribune, February 4, 2005

Boy rescued from kidnappers in Badkhal Pahari
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 3
With the arrest of one person, the East district police claimed to have rescued a 11-year-old boy from the clutches of the kidnappers from Badkhal Pahari in Faridabad. The kidnapper has been identified as one Anil, alias, Namoona, resident of Bihar, and a former tenant in the victim’s house.

The police received a complaint on January 31 from the victim’s father that his son Sanjeev Kumar, alias Sanju, did not return home after he went to play. On January 1, the Sanju’s parents received a call from an unidentified person demanding a ransom of Rs one lakh, failing which the child would be killed. The kidnappers again telephoned the same day and told the victim’s parents to deliver the ransom money at Badkhal Pahari in Faridabad. Based on this information, a special team was constituted and sent to the spot.

On spotting the police party, the kidnappers managed to escape, leaving behind the child. Subsequently, the police rescued the child and handed him over to his parents. The child told the police that one of the kidnappers was their tenant and had taken him to Laxmi Nagar on the pretext of purchasing some clothes for his brother. Later, they took the child to Ballabgarh Railway Station and made the ransom calls from there. Based on this information, the police mounted surveillance and received a tip-off that the suspect Anil was residing in Sahibabad in Ghaziabad. Accordingly, the police reached Sahibabad and nabbed the accused. Efforts are on to arrest his other associates.