Prayagraj: Even after the rescue of a seven-year-old boy from Varanasi, who was allegedly kidnapped by a group of car-borne miscreants from outside his house at Sarayakala village under the Manda police station on Saturday, the kidnapping of the minor boy has turned out to be a puzzle for Prayagraj cops.The police are running from pillar to post to find out the exact motive behind the kidnapping.Prayagraj police commissionerate teams rescued the minor boy from Varanasi on Sunday night when he was spotted standing near a ghat and brought him back to the family. Following the rescue operation, the cops, on the basis of the statement of the minor boy, picked up three persons, including the maternal uncle (mama) of the victim, for questioning.Additional CP (law & order) Ajay Pal Sharma told TOI that the cops have taken three persons into custody and are questioning them to find out the exact motive behind the kidnapping. He, however, said, “Investigation is continuing and exact things are yet to come out.” Sharma added, “The case posed a puzzle as no ransom call was received. Besides, the family did not name anybody for being involved in the kidnapping. All these points compelled the police to work relentlessly to uncover the motive and identify the mastermind behind the kidnapping plot.” The minor boy’s father works in Mumbai and their economic condition was not too strong. Secondly, the family had no enmity with anyone in the village.The police said that the kidnappers had an idea about the daily routine of the boy as they preferred to kidnap him when he was on way home from school. On Saturday afternoon, when the school van driver dropped the child at around 3 pm outside the house where his grandfather was waiting to pick him up, the kidnappers, on the pretext of asking Janamina village address, approached the grandfather and suddenly pulled the child into the vehicle and fled away.After scanning several CCTV footages to track the escape route and verifying mobile phones, cops managed to ascertain the location of the kidnappers in Varanasi and managed to rescue the child near a ghat on Sunday night.
