Kidnapped 9-month-old rescued, help held
Published: October 6, 2004
Two phone calls wrapped up a kidnapper’s game, days after he fled with his employer’s son for ransom. Vimlesh had made an elaborate plan to kidnap his employer’s son a day after he took up the job, but the calculative phone calls proved to be his undoing.
The Central district police rescued the baby and handed him over to his parents today.
Vimlesh was hired at Mehraj Prasad’s dhaba in Nabi Karim on September 28. He had hatched his plan then and had even taken down the phone number of an STD booth nearby. Two days later, he found an opportunity when Prasad asked him to take the child out as a power cut was on. He did not return in the night and the family lodged a complaint at the Nabi Karim police station.
A day later, Prasad received a call from Vimlesh at the STD booth, demanding a ransom of Rs 50,000. The call was traced to Patna. Vimlesh had asked him to bring the money in Magadh Express and threatened against informing the police.
‘‘Prasad informed us after which teams were sent to Patna, including Vimlesh’s native place. Police found that Vimlesh who stayed with his paternal uncle there, had come there with the child. Vimlesh had left the place after his relatives expressed suspicion about the child,’’ DCP (Central) M.M. Oberoi said.
Before that could be followed up, Prasad received another call — this time, it was traced to Kalkaji, South Delhi. Vimlesh again demanded money and fixed up a meeting place near Kalkaji temple. He walked into a police trap and was arrested. The child, who he had brought along, was found healthy.
Vimlesh told police that he had planned to kidnap the child a day after he took up the job with Prasad. He took down the telephone number of the STD booth near complainant’s house the same day. A day later, when Prasa handed over the child, he took the Magadh Express to Patna.
Senior police officials said Prasad had not verified Vimlesh’s antecendents before employing him. But for the phone calls, the help wouldn’t have been traced. Only yesterday, the police had planned to send telegrams to migrant labourers to verify their addresses.
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