Delhi Police solved the kidnapping case of an 18-month-old boy who had disappeared on October 8 this year. Two person have been arrested in connection with the case.
The kidnapped child was united with his family.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East district, Romil Baaniya, said the accused has been identified as Vinod and Panna lal, both residents of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
On October 8, Vikas (name changed), a resident of Garhi, was reportedly kidnapped from outside his house, following which a case was registered at Amar Colony Police Station.
During the course of investigation CCTV footage of as many as 15 CCTV cameras, installed at various locations in the vicinity of the place of occurrence and at the entry/exit routes of Garhi was checked and it was found that a person, aged about 25-26 years, had taken the
child.
“An extensive door-to- door search campaign was launched in all the nearby areas of Garhi like Kallu Mohalla, Shera Mohalla, Prakash Mohalla , Jharia Maria Mohalla and Dussghra Mohalla etc. and it was known that one person of similar description, as that in the CCTV footage, namely Vinod was found absent since October 9, along with his family, from his rented house and apart from it the family of one Panna lal, residing in the same building, was also found absent since October 8,” said the DCP.
The police team launched a hunt for them in Gorakhpur and searched as many as 26 villages and eventually on Thursday, the accused Vinod was arrested from near Bans Gaon, Tehsil Bus Stand.
On sustained interrogation the entire chain of events unfolded and it was revealed that the real mastermind behind the crime was a married couple.
“On his instance accused Panna lal (34) was also arrested and the captive child was recovered from the possession of lal, who was about to leave for Nepal. Devshila alias Sushila, another accused, wife of Panna lal is still absconding,” the DCP further said.
In his confession, the accused Panna lal admitted that he had been married for 14 years and used to work as a painter.
“ They have been living in Shera Mohalla for last four years and they had one eight year old son, who had died around four years ago due to Chicken Pox.
“After the death of their son his wife could not conceive and they both planned to hire someone who could kidnap a child for them. They came in contact with accused Vinod, who was also residing in the same building and used to work as a laborer in Sant Nagar.They had been planning for last four months and had made several failed attempts but finally succeeded only to fall in our net,” Baaniya said.