Police on Saturday nabbed two teenagers and rescued a 7-year-old boy within twenty-four hours of his abduction from Khamtarai police station limits.
One of the accused is a distant relative of the complainant and they were under the impression that victim boy’s father who is a farmer- had sold a piece of land few days back- would be having good cash amount, Superintendent of Police (SP) Raipur, BN Meena said. The accused were identified as Dharmdas Sonwani(19) and Vijay Gendre (19) both residents of Khamtarai.
The victim boy Neelesh Gandre(7) son of Peeluram Gendre resident of Gondvara, Khamtarai studies in class two at Government Primary School Gondvara. Neelesh on Friday after school hours had not reached home which triggered panic among his family members. later on, they received a ransom call demanding `7 lakh, the SP informed.
After receiving the complaint, police immediately formed two special teams of Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths and the investigations began. One team started the technical analysis while other was deployed in civil dress at victim’s home, the SP said.
After analysis of inputs gathered, it seemed that someone who knew the boy’s family was involved in the incident. Meanwhile, the CCB team at boy’s house informed that the accused Vijay Gendre who is Peeluram Gendre’s relative was also missing from his house, the SP added.
A police team then zeroed in on Vijay Gendre and nabbed him on Saturday morning. At first, he denied his role in the incident, however, when he was cross-examined thoroughly, he confessed of the crime, the SP claimed.
He told police that he along with his friend Dharamdas had picked up the boy and had kept the child in one of his relative’s house at Arang. Police later on rescued the boy from Arang based house and has arrested Dharamdas from the spot, SP Meena said.