BIJNOR: A 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand was rescued in Bijnor’s Dhampur area on Saturday. A mason hailing from Bihar was arrested for allegedly kidnapping the boy and demanding Rs 15 lakh as ransom from his family.
The boy had gone missing from outside his house in Bhattowala town under Rishikesh police station area. His father, Krishna Gopal, had filed a complaint against unidentified person for kidnapping his son. Rishikesh police had registered a case under IPC section 364a (kidnapping for ransom).
Uttarakhand police traced the suspect’s location in Bijnor’s Dhampur area, through a surveillance system and shared the information with UP's Bijnor police.
Dharamveer Singh, Bijnor superintendent of police, said, “After getting a tip-off from Uttarakhand police, we had put our police teams on alert resulting in the arrest of Bhola Kumar of Champaran in Bihar from a roadways bus on Saturday. Police also rescued the boy. We have informed the Rishikesh police and will hand over the boy and the kidnapper to them.”
