VIJAYAWADA: Acting swiftly, the police arrested a man and rescued a seven-year-old boy kidnapped by him within three hours after receiving a complaint at Avanigadda bus stand area in Krishna district on Sunday evening.
Addressing the mediapersons, Krishna district Superintendent of Police, Siddharth Kaushal, said the incident happened at around 4 pm on Sunday when the complainant Repalle Ratnagiri, a teacher by profession received a threat call stating that his seven-year-old boy was kidnapped and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 lakh.
The accused also warned that if they approached the police, they would kill the boy.
Ratnagiri’s relatives alerted Avanigadda circle inspector, BB Ravi Kumar, who then briefed the SP about the incident.
Kaushal then formed 20 teams with 40 personnel and launched a search operation while trying to trace the location of the threat call received by the family members. SP Kaushal explained that one of teams recognised a suspicious man loitering at Avanigadda bus stand area and soon tried to flee when cops tried to interrogate him.
Cops said that they managed nab the accused and identified him as Hemant (20), a degree second year student from Marripalem village of Nagayalanka mandal. Cops said that they rescued the boy hidden inside a room.
Cops registered a kidnap case against Hemant and produced him before the district magistrate for judicial remand.
