A six-year-old boy, who was abducted by a class 10 student at Meerpet on Sunday afternoon, was rescued within four hours by the Rachakonda police.
The 16-year-old kidnapper made the boy sit inside a temple at Almasguda and demanded ₹3 lakh ransom from the boy’s father. “He threatened the father of killing his son if he fails to pay the ransom,” said Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat.
Speaking to the media here on Monday, he said the juvenile’s location was traced using intelligence collection within four hours of parents approaching the police.
After nabbing him, he was produced before the juvenile justice board and later sent to a juvenile home at Saidabad, he said.
According to Mr. Bhagwat, the offence took place at around 2.30 p.m. when the victim was playing with his friend at PSR Colony in Meerpet.
“After luring the boy to Almasguda, the kidnapper called his father, a techie, demanding ransom to release his son. He also warned the boy’s father not to approach the police,” Mr. Bhagwat.
Further narrating the bargaining episode, the officer said, the accused was in constant touch with the boy’s father and after bargaining, he agreed for a payment of ₹25,000 in advance so as to not to hurt the boy and the rest ₹2.75 lakh to be paid through cheque.
“Soon after the father approached us, we tracked the calls and apprehended him from Almasguda at around 7 p.m. and rescued the boy,” Mr. Bhagwat said, adding that the accused wanted money for his personal needs.
