Hyderabad, June 28: The Langer Houz police rescued a three-year-old boy hours after he was kidnapped on Monday afternoon. The boy, identified as Vamsi, is the son of Mr Bala Koteswara Rao, a tiles contractor and a resident of Kanakadurga Colony under Langer Houz police station limits. Vamsi was reportedly kidnapped by his father’s younger brother and three others.
“The parents came to know that the boy was missing at around 1.30 pm. At about 2 pm, they received a call from the kidnappers. The callers warned the parents against approaching the police and said the boy would be killed if the cops were informed. The also sought a ransom of Rs 5 lakh,” said the inspector, Mr G. Sridhar. Following a complaint lodged by Vamsi’s father, the police registered a case of kidnap at 3 pm and launched an investigation. The boy’s father said that he suspected his younger brother. The police went thr-ough call details and tower position and identified the kidnappers’ location. They raided the place and nabbed the boy’s uncle Balakrishna and three others — Raghu, Bikshapathi and Mahesh Babu. The boy was kept at Bikshapathi’s house.