The Avalahalli police arrested a 20-year-old autorickshaw driver from K.R. Puram, who along with his girlfriend, attempted to kidnap a six-year-old boy for a ransom of ₹5 lakh.
The police swung into action and arrested the accused identified as Shaktivelu, 20, and his friend Sunitha, 30, who worked as a salesgirl at an apparel store in the outskirts of the city .
K. Vamshi Krishna, Superintendent of Police, said the accused worked in the house of Manoj Kumar, and would pick up and drop his elder son to school. He ganged up with Sunitha and hatched a plan to kidnap the younger son Sai Akshith to extort money from Manoj Kumar.
