Degree student arrested for 7-year-old’s kidnap
The Hindu
Boy rescued within four hours, says SP
In a swift operation, the Krishna district police rescued a seven-year-old boy named R. Mahijanath, who was allegedly kidnapped by a degree student at Nagayalanka town, for a ransom of ₹1 lakh.
Police heaved a sigh of relief after the boy was safely rescued within four hours. The boy was handed over safely to his distraught parents at the District Police Headquarters on Monday.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.