Tamil Nadu police have intensified the probe to identify the gang behind the abduction of a four-year-old child from his residence in Vellore's Gudiyatham on Wednesday. Six special teams were formed to find the whereabouts of the kid soon after the kidnap, however, the child was rescued from the highway after the abductors allegedly abandoned the kid.
On Wednesday morning, unidentified miscreants barged into the house of Velu, a software engineer in Bengaluru, in Vellore's Gudiyatham, and kidnapped his four-year-old child. The kidnappers threw red chilli powder over Velu before kidnapping the child. Though Velu tried to hang onto the kidnapper's car and rescue the child, the miscreants managed to get rid of Velu.
According to police, the kidnappers used a car with a Karnataka registration number for the crime, which they suspect could be fake. Six special teams were formed to identify the kidnappers, and checks were intensified in the district's borders to nab the kidnappers. However, a couple of hours later, police managed to rescue the kid in an abandoned state in the outskirts of Vellore.
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According to police, the child was found abandoned on the highway in Madhanur, about 30 kilometres away from Gudiyatham. A police patrol team immediately rushed to the spot and saved the child. The child has been reunited with their family.
Police suspect professional rivalry could be behind the probe. However, cops have intensified the probe to nab the abductors.
