Swift action by Chikkaballapur police helped in the rescue of a 16-year-boy from four men, who kidnapped him for a ransom of Rs 2.5 lakh, in an attempt to take revenge on his father.
Palyam Damodharam, 34, from Leninnagar in Tirupati, Muttu Setty Manikumar, 43, from Kankinadu village in Krishna district, Shaik Basha, 45, from Gandhinagar village and Jaspi Lokesh Kumar, 36, of Annavaram in Krishna district, are cooling their heels in jail now.
Action unfolded on June 30 when five persons approached Chowdamma, a resident of Devaganahalli in Gauribidanur taluk, stating that they wanted to meet her husband Papanna. As he had gone to the farm, they requested her to send someone to take them to the spot. An unsuspecting Chowdamma asked her son Vijendra to accompany them. But he did not return home till evening.
In the meantime, Chowdamma received calls from three different numbers, informing that her son had been kidnapped. The caller demanded Rs 2.5 lakh to release him.
A worried Chowdamma alerted Gauribidanur Rural police. Soon, Chikkaballapur SP GK Mithunkumar formed three teams to trace the boy. They traced the abductors on Old Tirchanur Road in Tirupati within 10 hours.
