Satish Aditya
Motihari : Kishan Kumar, a 7 year old boy who was kidnapped for ransom by some unidentified persons from his house at village Rampur under Darapa police station in East Champaran District in North Bihar on April 27, 2020, was recovered by police on April 28, 2020, late night, from a house in Manaspuri locality of Motihari Town.
The kidnappers had demanded Rs 10 lakh from Subash Prasad, father of Kishan Kumar, threatened to kill the boy if he fails to pay the ransom. Police were provided phone number of one of the kidnappers by Subhash Prasad after he received the ransom call and police
after tracking the cell number arrested one Dilip Kumar and on his revelation the kidnapped boy was recovered.
East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha said Shila Dewi, Amit Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and two others, were arrested in connection with kidnapping of Kishan Kumar. Amit Kumar hails from the same village as Kishan Kumar. Shila Dewi is sister of Amit Kumar. Police said that none of the five arrested persons had criminal antecedents.