In Haridwar’s Jwalapur Kotwali area, an 11-year-old boy created a story about his own kidnapping. Although he did this to avoid going to tuition. But the child’s story baffled the police for a few hours. Along with this, more than two dozen CCTV cameras were also searched by the police.
But neither the kidnapped child nor the abductor was seen in them.h. By night the police unraveled the story and made it clear that he fabricated the kidnapping story to avoid attending to tuitionThe child stated during interrogation that he was angry and disturbed by the scolding of the family members.s. That’s why he made up all this story to avoid going to tuition. This idea came to his mind after watching movies.
Police say Dev, son of Peeth Bazar resident Anurag Jha, is a fifth-grader. Dev Peeth goes near Sangeeta Talkies in the market to attend tuition by bicycle daily. Even on Friday evening, he left home for tuition on a bicycle. But he did not attend classes. After some time, he reached home and explained that four people had obstructed his way.
The four youths were on two different two-wheelers. Two youths forced him to sit on their bike. While the rider of the other bike left with his bicycle. They were followed by a fourth youth. Dev told the police that the youth had taken him to Lodhamandi. Where a monk stood on the way. Seeing that, the youth stopped the bike. The youth started talking to him and started touching the feet of the monk.
Meanwhile, he managed to escape their grasp and reach his home. He informed his mother about this and informed the police about the incident. As soon as the information was received, SSP Ajay Singh directed him to investigate the matter as soon as possible. The police, including Jwalapur Kotwali in-charge RK Saklani, SSI Anshul Agarwal, and Rail Chowki in-charge Sudhanshu Kaushik, all arrived at the child’s house and inspected his way to class. Police checked more than two dozen CCTVs installed at different places, but Dev or the youth told by him were not seen anywhere.
Although the police were infuriated by the child’s repeated statements, after questioning the child told the truth.
