A man hailing from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh rescued his one-year-old son from the abductors by latching on the car driver for nearly two kms on the outskirts in the early hours of today.
About 20 families from Bhopal were staying on the roadside of Narasimhanaicken Palayam, some 20 Kms from here and eke their livelihood by manufacturing and selling knives and sickles for house hold use, police said.
A three-member gang, including a woman, stopped their car near the habitat and suddenly got down and took away a one-year old boy, Rohith, who was sleeping, around five am police said.
Hearing the voice, Rohith's father, Suresh got up and found his son in the car and immediately chased and caught hold of the driver by his neck and latched on, while the car was moving, they said.
Even as another man in the car inflicted knife injuries on Suresh, he never loosened his grip and travelled around two kms towards Mettupalayam, they said.
Meanwhile, two-motorcycle born youths, who saw profusely bleeding Suresh latching on the window, chased and stopped in front of the car and caught hold of the driver.
However, another inmate drove away the car, but only to be nabbed by the youths, Nandakumar and Nandu, again, after handing over the first driver to the public.
All the three were handed over to Periyanaickenpalayam police, who rushed to the spot on getting information.
The gang members have been identified as Siraj Mohideen and Mohammed Ali from Kitchipalayam in Salem and the woman, Poongodi, said to be a prostitute.
Suresh is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Investigation is on whether the gang is part of any child-lifting gang.
