Kidnapped boy rescued in Bangalore

The police yesterday rescued the sixteen-year-old boy Irfan Baig, who had been kidnapped from his father’s shop in Bangalore on Monday.

According to police, the police had rescued Irfan after a shoot-out with his kidnappers at Kolar near here on Thursday, bringing to an end a four-day ordeal. All the three kidnappers were arrested including two of them, who were injured in the shoot-out.

Irfan was abducted from his father’s shop in Koramangala on Monday morning. He was tied up and gagged before being taken to Kolar, where he was kept confined to a room.

Irfan, who was produced before the media in Bangalore after his release, said the abductors picked him up around 11 am on Monday, tied him and took him away in their vehicle. Around midnight the same day, he said the abductors put him in a room. “I was also beaten up by them”, he said.

The abductors, who had called Irfan’s family from Irfan’s mobile, had demanded a ransom of Rs 2.5 million for his release.