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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Special Correspondent

Anantapur police rescue kidnapped boy in 5 hours in Andhra Pradesh

Mobile tracking technology, vigilant villagers help in the operation

A concerted effort of 100 police personnel, using the mobile location tracking technology and taking the help of vigilant villagers, helped in rescuing a nine-year-old schoolboy, Suraj, from his kidnappers a little before midnight on Friday.

Superintendent of Police Fakkeerappa Kaginelli told mediapersons here on Saturday that Suraj, son of the owner of a readymade clothes showroom, was allegedly kidnapped by one Lakshmikant, an old employee, from his house in Sharada Nagar in the city on Friday evening, on a two-wheeler. They kidnappers allegedly demanded a ransom of ₹50 lakh and threatened to kill the boy if the parents alerted the police or did not give them money.

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