Servant abducts 6-yr-old from Rorh village in Meharban, demands Rs 4 lakh ransom

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 30

A migrant kidnapped a six-year-old child of Rorh village in Meharban today and demanded Rs 4 lakh ransom. The kidnapper was employed as a servant by the child’s family a few days ago.

The accused has also taken away a scooter and CCTV cameras of the area have captured him doing so. The child’s parents are disabled and they had employed the migrant to take care of their cattle.

As per the boy’s mother, the migrant was employed five days ago.

On Thursday evening, he said he wanted to go to the market to buy a phone charger and took the child along.

“I never thought that he would do something like that. When over two hours passed and they did not return, we started searching for them. As we reached the forest area in Mattehwara this morning, we found our scooter but my son was not there,” the boy’s mother added.

Sonu Sarpanch, a relative of the boy, said the location of the accused was found to be Nawanshahr this morning and a police team have rushed there.

“He also sent a message demanding Rs 4 lakh ransom. When we asked him the place where the ransom was to be delivered, he switched off the phone,” Sonu added.

The police said teams were on a hunt and the boy would be recovered soon.

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