Man held for attempt to kidnap minor

A 43-year-old, who attempted to kidnap a nine-year-old girl from an exhibition in Lothkunta, was caught by visitors at an exhibition and handed over to police on Sunday.

Alwal inspector V. Srikanth Goud said at around 4.30 p.m, Anees Khan, a resident of Rajendra Nagar, lured the girl with promise of ice cream and tried to flee with her. The girl’s parents work as daily wage earners at the exhibition.

During interrogation, Khan reportedly told police that he wanted to raise the girl as his daughter as he was lonely after his wife abandoned him.