The CCTV footage came in handy for the Vemulawada temple town police to crack kidnap case of an infant boy within 15 hours after his abduction which created sensation in the temple shrine on Monday.
Police sources said that Yadagiri and Uma, parents of 11-month old infant Varala Varun Tej, along with their relatives from Chintapalli mandal in Nalgonda district, visited the temple shrine on Sunday night to offer hair tonsuring of the infant.
As it was midnight, they slept on the temple premises and fell fast asleep. At around 1.45 a.m. on Monday morning, the kidnappers abducted the infant and disappeared in a car. At around 4 a.m., the parents woke up and found the infant missing. They immediately informed the police, who rushed to the spot and started inquiring.
The police officials immediately tracked the CCTV footage which showed a person getting into a car along with the child. They traced the car number and after collecting the details of the vehicle formed three teams and traced its movement to Mancherial district.
The police rescued the infant from the clutches of abductors in Laxmikanthapalli village of Mancherial district on Monday evening and handed over the child to the parents. They also arrested Naresh, Ranjith, Bhavani and Jadi Pochavva.
The police said that the Jadi Pochavva did not have children and had approached Bhavani to help her to secure a child and promised to pay her money.
Bhavani took the help of her brother Naresh and others and abducted the infant from the Vemulawada temple shrine where there would be huge surge of pilgrims on Mondays.
