Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday arrested two persons from Uttarakhand and brought them to Raipur for abducting a three-year-old boy here a few weeks ago. One more accused is at large.
The boy was safely rescued by the police.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told The Pioneer that those arrested were Salim Ahmed (49) and his brother-in-law Irfan Ahmed (40). Sher Khan alias Guddu of Raipur is absconding.
Irfan Ahmed was residing in Raipur city for many years, he added.
They abducted the boy, Subhash Sonwani, on March 9 near the Budhi Mai temple in Rajendra Nagar locality.
Based on analysis of over 1,000 CCTV cameras, the police arrested Irfan Ahmed and rescued Sonwani from him.
Ahmed told the police that they decided to abduct a boy and hand him over to his brother-in-law Salim Ahmed, who wanted to have a boy as his wife was not able to conceive after the birth of three baby girls.
Salim Ahmed offered them Rs 50,000 to provide him with a boy. Irfan Ahmed planned the kidnap.
The police seized Rs 5,000 in cash and two mobile phones from them.