Man arrested for kidnapping son from Madhya Pradesh school after dispute with wife
A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his four-year-old son from a school in Madhya Pradesh, and the child has been rescued safely after
A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his four-year-old son from a school in Madhya Pradesh, and the child has been rescued safely after a three-day search, police said on Saturday. The accused, Nilesh Rajput, was arrested in Pali in neighbouring Rajasthan, while the boy, Kartikeya, was reunited with his mother. Police said the man took the child because his estranged wife, who lives in Morena, had been stopping him from meeting their son. Morena Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Meena said preliminary investigation showed that Rajput had allegedly planned the abduction with two other men, who are still absconding.
Read Full Story Meena said, "The child has been rescued safely from Pali. Technical evidence and sustained investigation over the last 72 hours helped us trace the accused." He added that efforts were on to trace the two others allegedly involved in the kidnapping. According to police, Rajput and his wife had been living separately after a dispute, and the woman was staying with her mother in Morena along with the child. During questioning, the accused told police that he resorted to kidnapping because his wife did not allow him to meet their son, Meena said.
Police said Rajput waited outside his son's school on July 14 and allegedly abducted him after school hours, before fleeing on a scooter with an accomplice. The two later abandoned the scooter near the Chambal river bridge and escaped to Rajasthan in another vehicle. Investigators found that Rajput and his two associates had stayed at a lodge in Morena for 12 days before the abduction, during which they allegedly planned the kidnapping and surveyed the school area. The scooter used in the crime belonged to the lodge owner, police said. The entire incident was captured on the school's CCTV cameras, which showed the accused taking the child away.
Police said the footage, along with other technical evidence, helped them identify and trace him. The child's mother had initially denied that the person seen in the CCTV footage was her husband, but later cooperated with the investigation. The lodge owner also identified the accused from the footage, helping investigators establish the sequence of events. The child was rescued safely in Pali, Rajput was arrested, and the search for the two other accused is continuing. Ends
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