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Wednesday, Oct 06, 2004

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Infant rescued from kidnapper

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, OCT. 5. A nine-month-old boy, allegedly kidnapped by an employee of his father's eating joint at Nabi Karim on October 1, was rescued by the Central Delhi police on Monday. The accused has also been arrested.

According to the police, Mehraj Prasad lodged a complaint with Nabi Karim police station alleging that his son, Shani, had been abducted by his employee, Vimlesh, a day ago. Mehraj said around 7-15 p.m. on September 30 when there was no electricity in the area, he had asked Vimlesh to take care of Shani. Sometime later, he found that Vimlesh was missing along with the baby.

On October 2, Mehraj received a phone call in which the kidnapper demanded a ransom of Rs. 50,000. The caller, who later turned out to be Vimlesh, asked Mehraj to deliver the money at Patna in Magadh Express train and threatened him with dire consequence if he informed the police. The call was traced to a place in Patna, after which a police team was sent there to arrested Vimlesh.

In the meantime, Vimlesh returned to Delhi and made another ransom call that was traced to a place near Kalkaji in South Delhi. This time, he asked Mehraj to deliver the ransom amount inside Kalkaji temple. Subsequently, the police laid a trap and arrested him while he was receiving the money. The baby was recovered from his possession. During interrogation, Vimlesh revealed that he had planned to kidnap the child on September 29 to extort money.

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