Thursday, April 28, 2011

Delhi Police: delhi child kidnap case: Recharge coupon led cops to kidnapped Delhi toddler Ishaan

New Delhi: A recharge coupon of a cellphone acted as the all important piece of evidence that led Delhi police to the kidnappers of one-and-a-half-year old Ishaan, who was abducted on April 24. The boy, who was allegedly kidnapped by his maid, was rescued within 72 hours of the incident from the Faridabad area, Police Commissioner BK Gupta said on Wednesday. Five people have been arrested, including the maid Seema.

The cops did not find anything expect a recharge coupon, at the victim's home, as clue. The coupon belonged to Seema. Police brought out Call Detail Records (CDR) of her cellphone number. In the records cops found the number of Pratima, the ex-maid of the family and one of the accused, who had gone to her native village in Orissa. A team was sent and police came to know that Pratima has a lover, Ashok Kiro, who lives in the Capital. Police detained Ashok from Khijrabad area in south Delhi and interrogated him. He broke down and gave up their whole plan to the cops. Police then traced down and arrested the other four accused.

Addressing the media Delhi Police Commissioner BK Gupta said that Ishaan was rescued from Faridabad area in Haryana. Those arrested have been identified as Seema alias Savita Karketa, the new maid of the house, Ashok, Pratima, the ex-maid, Krishan Dev and Shanti alias Anu Begam who ran a placement agency in southeast Delhi.

The Police Commissioner said that the accused had planned to call the family for a ransom of Rs. 2 crore after a month but were arrested yesterday. "They had planned that when the family would lose hope of finding the kid, they would contact them for ransom. Krishan Dev is the mastermind behind the kidnapping. 15 teams of senior police officials were formed and pressed into service to nab the culprits. On Tuesday night police arrested two men and two women in this connection and rescued the boy following a tip-off," said Gupta.

As per the plan of the culprits, Seema was waiting for a chance when to take the boy to the neighbourhood park alone. On April 24 she got this opportunity. She took the boy out on the pretext of playing with him. Krishan and Anu Begam arrived in a car. The trio then escaped with the boy.

For the first night, the accused kept the boy at their rented accommodation in A Block in Nangli Rajapur at Sarai Kale Khan. They had arranged this room on April 22 with the plan in mind. They vacated this room the next day to give the cops a slip. The infant was then taken to Faridabad. The second night they spent at another rented house in Tilpat village in Harkesh Nagar area of Faridabad from where the boy was rescued.

The accused had hired the room at Sarai Kale Khan for Rs. 4000. The rent was given in advance to the landlord. To mislead him the culprits told him and other neighbours that Ishaan was suffering from cancer in his leg and they had hired the room to keep him there after treatment. Krishan the mastermind behind the kidnapping was posing as Ishaan's father and Anu Ara Begam as his mother. Seema had become his maternal aunt.

The Faridabad house was hired for Rs. 1000.

A senior police official said that the miscreants had hired an Indica car from Maharani Bagh to take the boy to Sarai Kale Kahn. "Police will record the statement of the cab driver as it will be useful in the case. The driver will be a witness," said the official.

The official also said that though they had known that the kidnappers were first-timers, they were prepared for a gun-battle. "Police were ready to face them if the accused were to use firearms. Luckily they did not have any such weapons as they are not professional kidnappers," he said.

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