Autorickshaw driver held for kidnapping three-year-old in Kottar; child rescued in four hours

Kanniyakumari territory constabulary arrested a 32-year-old autorickshaw operator for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old kid from a North Indian itinerant vendor family, who were waiting extracurricular Nagercoil junction railway station, connected Saturday night.

Kanniyakumari territory constabulary rescued the kid wrong 4 hours of receiving the complaint.

According to police, Rajan Bardi, 20, balloon seller from Bhopal, was successful Kottar for the feast of St. Xavier’s Cathedral. Following that, helium on with his woman and children were astatine Nagercoil junction railway presumption to committee a bid to Kanniyakumari. During that time, an autorickshaw operator identified arsenic M. Yogesh Kumar, 32, from Kottar started a speech with his woman and took their three-year-old elder girl Sara, pretending that helium would lavation her hands and instrumentality her.

When the kid did not return, Rajan lodged a ailment astatine Kottar constabulary station.

Five peculiar teams were formed and with CCTV footage, constabulary tracked the fishy to Erachakulam country and rescued the kid successful the tiny hours of Sunday. The accused Yogesh tried to escape, but fell into a pit and fractured his close leg.

The constabulary arrested him and admitted him to Kanniyakumari Government Medical College and Hospital (KKGMCH) successful Asaripallam for treatment.

The kid was fixed archetypal assistance astatine KKGMCH and handed implicit to her parents.

Police sources said that the kid had nary injuries and determination was nary signs of abuse.

Further investigations are nether way.