Waiter arrested for kidnapping colleague's son

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 03 2015 | 8:28 PM IST
A young waiter has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his colleague's four-year-old son for a ransom of Rs 60,000 in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area.
A police team successfully rescued the boy within 90 minutes of the incident and arrested the alleged kidnapper, identified as Mohit (21), a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, from Old Delhi Railway Station when he was trying to flee with the victim.
The incident came to light yesterday at 10:40 PM when the victim's father reported to police that his four-year-old son had been kidnapped by an unknown person.
"He had received a call for ransom demanding Rs 60,000 on his mobile number for releasing his son. We registered a case and the location of the kidnapper was traced and a team rushed to the Old Delhi Railway Station along with complainant Santosh Kumar," DCP (North-West) N Gnana Sambandan said.
The team swiftly acted and started searching the accused at the railway platforms of Old Delhi Railway Station.
During search at platform no. 10 at the instance of complainant, the team traced the child with the accused person. The team then apprehended the accused and rescued the kidnapped child safely.
During interrogation, it came to fore that the accused Mohit had worked as waiter with the complainant. He was in the need of money. Therefore, he had kidnapped the child for earning quick money, he added.
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First Published: Jun 03 2015 | 8:28 PM IST

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