A six-year-old boy who had been kidnapped by two motorcycle-borne youths from near Advance Academy school, returned home safely on Friday morning with the miscreants apparently under mounting pressure of massive combing operation by the police, leaving the victim at the backyard of his house.
The victim identified as Vinayak was brought home of residents of Scheme No. 134 at 10 am on Friday while a police team was at his residence. Seeing her son returning safely, Vinayak’s mother Kiran’s eyes turned moist and she embraced him.
Vinayak, son of Kailash Gurjar, a resident of Scheme No. 134 had been waylaid by two motorcycle borne miscreants on Thursday evening from near Advance Academy school, while he was returning home along with his two sisters namely Pragya (11) and Maithili (11). As he was passing by Advance Academy school, two youths riding a black coloured Discover motorcycle got hold of Vinayak made him seated on the motorcycle and fled. Though elder sister of the victim slapped one of the accused while he was trying to lift Vinayak, the latter pushed him and fled.
Apparently taken aback by the incident, the younger sister Maithili rushed her residence and informed about the matter to her parents. He immediately informed about the matter to lasudia police. Taking a serious note of the incident, police swung into action and unleashed combing operation across the city to trace the victim.
Police said the accused might have released the victim from their custody apparently under mounting police pressure.
Recalling about the incident Vinayak said the accused after kidnapping him, kept him moving on bike for two hours with his mouth shut and eyes closed. Kidnappers repeatedly kept changing their locations keeping in view combing operation by the police. He said in the night the accused took him to a room where one more person joined them.
In the night they offered me ice cream. Vinayak said on Friday morning when he woke up. He asked their kidnappers as to when they will set him free. On this the kidnappers told him to keep quiet and he will be released. He said the accused after taking tea in the morning, took him on another motorcycle and left him in the backyard of his house.