Man who kidnapped former employer's son arrested, boy rescued

A 24-year-old man, who allegedly kidnapped his former employer's six-year-old son from east Delhi's Vinod Nagar area, was arrested and the child was rescued, police said today.
The accused, Kuldeep, worked at a provision store owned by the complainant and had left job around 20 days before the incident. He was under huge debt and in desperate need of money, said police.
Yesterday afternoon, the police received a call from the complainant, who told the police that his son had been kidnapped and he suspected his former employee to be behind it. The kidnapper also left a note at the complainant's doorstep, demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh for the boy's release from a location in UP's Etah district, said police.

A case of kidnapping for ransom was registered and the suspect's phone number was put on surveillance. Soon it emerged that he was heading towards UP and police there was informed about the matter. The suspect, who was heading towards Etah in a bus, was intercepted at a village in UP's Aligarh district, around 170 km from the national capital, said police.
Kuldeep was arrested by a police team and brought to Delhi. The boy was rescued and handed over to his parents. The entire operation was executed within four hours, DCP (east) B S Gurjar said.