A Rs 5,000 UPI transfer used as a digital breadcrumb, a cooperative cybercafe owner, and a trap set in a narrow Karawal Nagar lane enabled the Delhi Police to rescue a 13-year-old boy and arrest his kidnapper within three hours of his mother raising the alarm.
During the investigation, the kidnapper contacted the woman again, insisting on receiving the ransom through UPI. Police examined the cybercafe’s CCTV footage, following which the woman identified her missing son. During interrogation, Akash disclosed that he worked as a delivery helper in Sadar Bazar and knew the victim through his cousin.
A man identified as Akash had allegedly kidnapped a boy, demanding Rs 40,000 ransom. He was caught within three hours of receiving information while collecting the ransom, after the Rs 5,000 UPI transfer, at a cybercafe in Karawal Nagar, a police officer said on Sunday. The incident came to light on October 30 when a woman approached the Jyoti Nagar police station in Shahdara, saying her son had gone out to buy some items but did not return. He shared a barcode, following which police transferred Rs 5,000 through the account of a police personnel to track the transaction.
He had lured the boy onto his scooter before making the ransom call to his mother, police said. Police said the accused has no previous criminal involvement, adding that the rescued child was reunited with his family.
