The six-year-old son of a local businessman, who was abducted in broad daylight by unidentified bike-borne men in Morar town, Gwalior district, was released late in the evening at Morena.
The child Shivay, a UKG student, was waiting with his mother, Arti Gupta, for his school van around 8:10 AM on Thursday near their house in CP Colony when the crime took place.
According to eyewitness accounts, two unidentified men suddenly appeared on a motorcycle, stopped near the mother and child, and executed a pre-planned attack. One of them threw chili powder into Arti Gupta’s eyes, snatched the child from her hands, and fled with his accomplice on the bike.
“We were waiting for the school van when a man approached me, threw chili powder in my eyes, pushed me down, and kidnapped my son,” said Arti Gupta. “I tried to chase them, but they sped away,” she added.
The entire abduction was captured on CCTV footage from a camera near the crime scene.
Police said that soon after the crime was reported, intensive search was launched in Gwalior and neighbouring districts. Under pressure, the miscreants left the boy at a place and fled.