Sunday, 11 March 2012

Hyderabad:13-yr-old boy kidnapped

HYDERABAD: A Class VII student, who left home on Friday evening for watching a movie, was allegedly kidnapped for ransom. The kidnappers reportedly demanded a ransom of Rs one lakh from the boy's parents, who stay at NGOs' Colony in Vanasthalipuram, on Friday night.

The Cyberabad police said G Manikanta,13, a student of Vikas Public School in Vanasthalipuram, told his parents that he was going to watch the movie 'Ishq'. "He left the house at around 6 pm on Friday but did not return. His parents approached the police and lodged a missing complaint. A few minutes after leaving the police station, Manikanta's father Ramesh got a ransom call on his mobile from an unidentified person demanding Rs one lakh," Vanasthalipuram inspector B Ravinder said.

Police said the miscreants called up Ramesh at 9 pm asking him to come down to the Secunderabad railway station and deliver Rs one lakh cash. "The second call was made at 11 pm. The miscreants used different coin-box public telephones to contact Ramesh," police said.

A case was registered under section 364 (Kidnap) of the IPC.

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