Kidnapped child rescued from a house in Agra

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, APRIL 7. The three-year-old boy, Kiran Kumar, who was kidnapped by a cook working in his father's fast food outlet at Sembium was rescued by a city police team from a photographer's house in Agra.

This brought to an end the 19-day ordeal for the child missing from March 20. The accused, Rajesh Khanna, was tracked down by the police in Vellore and on his confession a police team went to Agra and rescued the child.

It may be recalled, the cook who was working for three months in the fast food outlet for about three months on the pretext of buying him chocolates took him away.

The police who were initially in the dark as the culprit had also given a false name and address with the hotel owner, managed to identify him by a chance photograph taken by a customer.

Investigation had revealed that the accused had a criminal track record and was wanted by the police in several cases including the stabbing of his first wife and child in Tirupathi and attacking the brother of his second wife at Madurai.

About 40 police personnel were on the job round the clock and traps were set in different places where the accused was expected to visit.

When a police team reached Delhi, he managed to escape and went into hiding in Vellore. However, when police zeroed in on him in Vellore, he confessed that the child was safe. He had requested one of his friends to take care of the boy, as he found it difficult to keep travelling along with him.

Though Rajesh Khanna had a criminal record, police were confident, that the boy was safe, as he had a ``special affection'' for the child. Moreover, though he had stabbed his first child in a fit of rage, he had taken good care of Kiran.

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