Unidentified miscreants kidnapped an eight-year-old boy at Kumuti Sahi in Kashinagar NAC of Gajapati district on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, Jami Hardhik, was playing with his friends in locality when two motorcycle-borne miscreants came and asked him about location of his father’s workplace. The duo then took child with them on two-wheeler. Suspecting foul play, his friends chased the bike for a while, but the two managed to flee the spot. The reason behind act of the miscreants was yet to be ascertained.
The Kashinagar police have started an investigation into incident and efforts were on by cops to trace the boy.