LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: Basti police and the Special Task Force (STF) rescued 13-year-old boy Akhand Kasoudhan, son of a cloth trader, from Gorakhpur, a week after he was kidnapped and a demand of Rs 50 lakh in ransom was made for his safe release.
Akhand, son of cloth merchant Ashok Kasoudhan of Rudhauli in Basti district, was kidnapped on April 23.