Beltangady: Kidnapped Ujire boy rescued from Kolar, four abductors arrested
Sat, Dec 19 2020 08:27:09 AM
Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)
Beltangady, Dec 19: The high drama following the kidnap of a boy from Ujire ended on a happy note. The kidnappers reportedly had made demand for payment of ransom in the form of bitcoins.
Anubhav, eight-year-old son of Bijoy, grandson of an ex-serviceman, Shivan, had been abducted. Shivan happens to be a leading hardware dealer. The boy had been kidnapped at around 6.30 pm on Thursday by the occupants of an Indica car bearing yellow number plate.
Anubhav
The special squad of Mangaluru police led by DySP Valentine D Souza, with the support of Kolar superintendent of police, Kartik Reddy, arrested the kidnappers. The boy was found to have been kept in a house at Koorna Hosahalli in Malur taluk, Kolar district. The kidnappers had called Sariya Bijoy, wife of Bijoy, seeking payment of ransom amounting to Rs 17 crore.
Boy kidnapped from Ujire found in Kolar, six held
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The alleged kidnapping case of an eight-year-old boy from Ujire in Dakshina Kannada on Thursday was solved within 48 hours with the district police arresting six persons and rescuing the boy in Kolar early on Saturday.
Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad said that the grandson of a retired Indian Navy employee, A.K. Shivan, was kidnapped in Ujire, at about 6.36 p.m. on Thursday.
Four persons in a car kidnapped the boy while he was walking with Mr. Shivan near their house on Car Street.