Two persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping an eleven year-old boy for Rs 10 lakh ransom on September 7, police said on Sunday. Police had rescued the boy a day after he was kidnapped but the kidnappers were at large. They were arrested after police received specific information about their movements.
“Accused persons were arrested from the Bhopura intersection on Saturday night after an encounter, in which a police officer and one of the accused was injured”, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ghaziabad, HN Singh said.
The third person accused in the case managed to escape and a manhunt has been launched to nab him, the SSP said. “Sunil, who was injured in the firing, has confessed to crime. He and Senior Sub-Inspector Jitender Singh have been hospitalised,” SSP said.