16-year-old boy kidnapped in Bangalore

The Bangalore City Police have launched a manhunt to trace a 16-year-old boy kidnapped from his father’s shop in Koramangala in Bangalore on Monday.

Irfan Baig, son of businessman Sher Ali, went missing after he left the house for his father’s shop around 8.30 am on Monday morning. Later, in the day, the family received a ransom call from Irfan’s mobile. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 2.5 million for Irfan’s release.

According to Irfan’s uncle Abdul, the kidnappers called the family around 11.30 am on Monday to announce Irfan’s abduction. “They have warned us not to talk about the abduction to anyone, especially the police. They are supposed to call us again and let us know where to meet them and hand over the money”, Abdul said.

Irfan is the eldest among the five children of Sher Ali, who runs a business of renting out construction material. Irfan had dropped out from Johnson High School in Mangammanapalya in Bangalore. The family, which used to reside adjacent to the school, moved into a house in Karimnagar near Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) only a fortnight ago.