4-Year-Old Boy Kidnapped, Sold At Rs 2.95 Lakh In Jharkhand. 6 Arrested

According to police, the boy was abducted on December 18 and handed over to two others involved in crime so that he could be sold later.

Jharkhand police has arrested six persons for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy from the state's Hazaribagh district and selling him at Rs 2.95 lakh in Koderma district, reported PTI citing police on Tuesday. The child was sold to a couple and the police arrested six persons involved in the crime and rescued the boy after a week. Sadar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mahesh Prajapati said six mobile phones and the cloth sheet, which was used to abduct the boy, were also recovered from them.

"The boy was abducted from Okni locality in Hazaribag on December 18 and he was rescued from Koderma on December 25. Six persons involved in the abduction were arrested," Prajapati was quoted as saying by PTI.

He said the boy was sold to a couple - Geeta Devi and Rohit Ravidas - in the Indrapuri locality of Koderma district at Rs 2.95 lakh. The SDPO said the couple allegedly wanted a child to carry on the family dynasty.

 

From Abduction To Selling: Here's How Kidnappers Executed Plan

Another police official said one Jyoti Kumari and Kanhiya Kumar came to know about the couple's willingness and told them that they knew an NGO that helps in adoption. Thereafter, the duo finalised a deal at Rs 2.95 lakh between them and the couple gave Rs 1.7 lakh in advance, the official said, quoted PTI.

Then, Jyoti and Kanhiya, approached one Nutan Devi, who lived in the locality of the abducted boy, for the task. Nutan asked one Kareena Devi to keep an eye on the boy, the police officer said, as per PTI. They then gave the boy to the Koderma-based couple and took their remaining amount of Rs 1.25 lakh, the news agency further said in its report citing police.

According to police, Nutan abducted the boy on December 18 and handed over the boy to Jyoti and Kanhiya. 

Meanwhile, the parents of the boy complained to the Lohsinghna police station in Hazaribag after they failed to trace their son. Based on the complaint, a special investigation team (SIT) was formed at the direction of Hazaribag SP Manoj Ratan Chothe, PTI mentioned.

The police then accessed the CCTV footage of the locality and based on this Kareena Devi was arrested. Other members were also arrested after Kareena Devi gave information about them to the police.