Mumbai:
The Mumbai police have stumbled upon a new modus operandi adopted by kidnappers, where children are whisked away to desolate destinations in North India.
This startling discovery was made when the Uttar Pradesh police, working in tandem with its counterparts in Mumbai, rescued four-year-old abductee Onkar Chorghade at Mathura, while he was being transported to Badhayu district in Uttar Pradesh (UP), after being abducted from Mumbai.
Onkar went missing from his Gokuldham residence, in Goregaon (East) on Friday afternoon.
During investigations, it became clear that the sequence of events was similar to that in the abduction of Karnit Shah (5) in April. In both cases, the kidnappers hailed from North India, and were taking the children back rather than staying in Mumbai while they waited for the ransom.
Onkar was finally traced to Mathura station, with a PCO owner providing a crucial clue. The suspect was nabbed just when he was about to board a bus, along with the victim. He has been identified as Khalid Parvez Agha Ali (20), a resident of Gama village in UP.
During interrogation, Ali revealed the events as they had transpired. After alighting from the train at Mathura, Ali headed for a city bus stop near the railway station. At this point, Onkar started crying, asking to be reunited with his mother.
Ali, however, pacified Onkar by saying that he would arrange for the boy to speak to his mother, taking him to a nearby PCO. Onkar's cries attracted the attention of the PCO operator, who alerted the police.
Ali further revealed that Onkar was abducted from Goregaon by his accomplice Santosh Adivasi.
Adivasi was planning to make the ransom calls from his Mumbai hideout, said Inspector Amit Kumar, attatched to the Mathura city police.
Onkar is presently under the care and protection of Inspector Kumar's family in Mathura city, who said, "The boy has been staying at my residence since yesterday, and is very happy."
Onkar went missing at 1 pm last Friday. He was abducted from the playground at his residence in Vasundra Enclave, Goregaon (East).
When Onkar did not return home, his parents approached the Dindoshi police. The Dindoshi police launched a massive manhunt on Saturday morning.
Onkar's parents are on their way to Mathura to escort their son back home.
Kumar added, "When the PCO owner called us, we tracked down Ali and questioned him. He confessed that the child with him had been kidnapped from Mumbai.
Yesterday, the family was informed that their son had been found."