Man arrested for abducting son from school in Madhya Pradesh

A man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his four-year-old son from a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, with police successfully rescuing the child after a three-day search operation, an official said on Saturday, July 18.

The accused, Nilesh Rajput, abducted the boy because his estranged wife, who lives in Morena, had been preventing him from meeting their son, the official said.

Rajput was arrested in Pali, in neighbouring Rajasthan, while the child, Kartikeya, was rescued safely and



reunited with his mother after a three-day search, he added.

Morena Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Meena said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had allegedly hatched the conspiracy with two others to abduct the child.

“The child has been rescued safely from Pali. Technical evidence and sustained investigation over the last 72 hours helped us trace the accused,” he said, adding that two others allegedly involved in the kidnapping were absconding and efforts were on to trace them.