Kidnapped Patna school boy rescued

The six-year-old boy, kidnapped four days back while going to school, was rescued this evening from Bihar's Saran district and four persons were arrested in this connection, police said.

The six-year-old boy, kidnapped four days back while going to school, was rescued this evening from Bihar's Saran district and four persons were arrested in this connection, police said.

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Shresth Sanjay (Shreya), student of class one, was rescued from a flat at Baniapur.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team from Patna raided the flat and safely rescued the boy, ADG (headquarters) Neelmani said, adding four persons were also arrested during the raid.

The boy, son of a private firm officer Sanjay Srivastava, was being brought to Patna, she said.

Preliminary investigation indicated land dispute behind the incident, she added.

The rescue came a day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed displeasure as the boy remained untraced and opposition parties sought to make it a major issue.

Shreya was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday by three motorcycle-borne youths when he was on his way to Christ Church school from his residence at Kankerbagh colony.

The trio intercepted a car, carrying him and other students, and took away the boy.