Abducted boy rescued within 48 hrs, six arrested in Etawah

Kanpur: Six men were arrested for kidnapping a six-year-old boy in Etawah district on Wednesday. The abducted child was rescued within 48 hours.
The police have identified the arrested kidnappers as Oswal, Kalyan and Monu of Jaswantnagar in Etawah and Ravindra, Vishnu and Jaikishan of Agra. According to the police, the child’s father, Ramveer Singh of Phulrai village in Jaswantnagar area of Etawah had registered a complaint at the local police station on June 27 stating that some kidnappers had abducted his six-year-old son Happy and had contacted him on his phone through VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol technique) asking him to pay a ransom of Rs 10 lakh for his son’s life.The police subsequently registered an FIR under relevant sections of IPC and swung into action.
“During investigation, the police, on June 30 night, received information that the kidnappers would be coming to the district in a car from Agra to collect the ransom. A trap was laid near the Lakhera Quan crossing and the six miscreants —Oswal, Kalyan, Monu, Ravindra, Vishnu and Jaikishan were arrested after a brief encounter. Their interrogation led to the recovery of boy a few hours later,” said a police official privy to the investigation.
According to SSP Etawah Akash Tomar, Oswal, who was the master-mind behind the crime, hails from the same village where boy lives, wanted to make easy money. “Oswal had roped in his brother Kalyan and five others for the task,” the SSP added.