This story is from September 1, 2020

Muzaffarpur schoolboy’s kidnappers demand Rs 1 crore as ransom

The kidnappers of an 11-year-old schoolboy have demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. They had snatched the boy on Sunday while he was playing near his home at a village in Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur district.
Muzaffarpur schoolboy’s kidnappers demand Rs 1 crore as ransom
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PATNA: The kidnappers of an 11-year-old schoolboy have demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. They had snatched the boy on Sunday while he was playing near his home at a village in Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur district.
Chahat Kumar, who studies at a private school in Muzaffarpur, had come to his Jirati Tola village after lockdown as the school was closed.
The boy’s mother Chinta Devi lodged a kidnapping case with the Sahebganj police station on Monday.
She told the police that the kidnappers contacted the family within an hour of the incident on Sunday.
Additional SHO of Sahebganj police station Sunil Kumar said the police are trying to ascertain the reason behind the kidnapping as the family is not well off to be able to afford such a sum. “The victim’s father Vinod Rai works at a private firm in Punjab,” he added.
The incident took place around 2 pm when Chahat, a Class IV student of a Muzaffarpur-based private school, was playing with his friends outside his home at Jirati Tola village on Sunday.
Within an hour of the incident, kidnappers contacted the family over the phone and demanded Rs1 crore for his safe release. The captors also threatened other family members if the ransom was not paid.
The additional SHO said the priority is to recover the boy safely. “Raids were on to arrest the kidnappers based on CCTV footage. However, no breakthrough has been made in the case so far,” he added.
The boy’s relatives told the police that he had come to his native village from Muzaffarpur following the Covid19 lockdown in March. The ransom call was made on the mobile phone of a close relative of the victim around 3 pm on Sunday.
Chahat is the youngest among three children of Vinod Rai. The victim’s maternal grandfather Yogendra Rai fell sick after hearing the news of the kidnapping. He has been admitted to a hospital in Muzaffarpur for treatment.
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