The incident happened on September 5 when the parents of the victim were not at home. (Representative)
Kollam:
The kidnapping and subsequent rescue of a 14-year-old boy from Kottiyam area of Kollam district two days ago was like a film scene in which the kidnappers initially kept the victim’s house outside for two days and then entered under false pretext and pulled him out. Forced into the car and then fled from the spot.
The police, who immediately swung into action, were able to identify the vehicle registration of one of the cars from the CCTV footage, contact the owner, obtain the phone number of the person taking the vehicle, trace his location and finally rescue the child. Was. A senior police officer told PTI that within hours of the abduction from a border post near Tamil Nadu in a rural area of Thiruvananthapuram district.
The incident took place on the evening of September 5 when the parents of the victim were not at home.
According to the police, the initial motive behind the kidnapping appears to be a financial transaction of Rs 10 lakh in which the victim’s mother was the mediator.
The kidnappers were allegedly hired by the woman’s son, who had given a loan of Rs 10 lakh to another woman offered by the victim’s mother.
The victim’s mother told the media that the borrower has not paid the amount and the transaction is now the subject of a lawsuit.
He claimed that he only acted as an intermediary and did not use a penny out of the amount borrowed.
The kidnapped child also spoke to reporters, he said that initially a boy came and asked if there was any house available for rent nearby.
After this, he came back again and said that he wanted to talk to the boy’s father and while they were talking another man came and pressed a cloth on his mouth and both of them started kicking him out of the house. , said the victim.
When his sister intervened, they allegedly assaulted her and took the boy to their car.
It was a nine-member strong group that came in two cars and was thrown into one of them, the boy said, adding that he was also made to take a drug that had made him unconscious.
When he regained consciousness, he saw that there was no car around and after that, some kidnappers took him on foot for some time and also promised that he would take him back home if he cooperated with them.
They later boarded an autorickshaw, but during checking at a border post near Tamil Nadu, one of his captives escaped and escaped, drawing the attention of the police who rescued him.
The police officer said that as soon as they received information about the abduction, a state-wide alert was issued and CCTV footage showed that a vehicle was heading towards Thiruvananthapuram, police were on high alert and border checking was increased. Post.
During checking at one such border post, a man was seen running away in an autorickshaw and the victim was found inside a three-wheeler, the official said.
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