Bhiwani cops rescue kidnapped 12-year-old boy after encounter

Hisar, February 12

Two accused involved in the kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy suffered bullet injuries during an encounter with the police at Chattargarh Patti in Sirsa district on Sunday night. The police rescued the child and overpowered three accused, two of whom were taken to the medical college at Agroha town in Hisar. The Bhiwani police also arrested two accused who had conspired in the kidnapping.

The accused had kidnapped Raghav, son of Manoj Kumar, from Tosham town of Bhiwani on February 9. A team of the CIA, Bhiwani, were working on the tip-off that the accused had driven towards Sirsa district. The CIA got information about the movement of the accused in a vehicle in Chhatargarh Patti area in Sirsa on Sunday night after which the team, along with the local police, started a combing operation to track the accused.

Sources said the CIA spotted the vehicle around 10 pm. As the police tried to stop the vehicle, the accused tried to speed away and rammed into the police vehicle. Thereafter, the accused left tried to run away. The police, however, challenged the accused and asked them to surrender.

Police officials said one of the accused opened fire on them, after which they retaliated. During the encounter, two of the accused — Sudarshan of Shishwala village in Charkhi Dadri district and Khetu of Baganwala village in Bhiwani — suffered bullet injuries on their legs. The police also overpowered Ravi of Baganwala village. However, the fourth accused, Lekhu of Baganwala village, managed to flee.

The police rescued the child from the rear seat of the accused’s car. The police said the six accused had planned and executed the kidnapping of the boy, who is the son of a shoe trader of Tosham. They kidnapped him on the evening of February 9 when he was going home in Tosham. They had demanded Rs 50 lakh as ransom from the family.

The Bhiwani police produced Ravinder and Raman, who were also part of the conspiracy, in the court.

Rs 50L ransom was sought from family

• A group of six criminals kidnapped a trader’s son on February 9 from Tosham town and demanded Rs 50 lakh from the family
• On Monday, the Bhiwani police arrested three persons from Sirsa district after an encounter. However, another accused managed to flee
• Two of the arrested accused suffered injuries in encounter
• Two others who were part of the conspiracy were also arrested from Bhiwani