Allahabad: Class 1 kid kidnapped by ex-driver, who demands Rs 3 crore

ALLAHABAD: A six-year-old kid has been kidnapped from the city on Tuesday evening. Son of a contractor of Allahapur, Abhishek Singh, Raveer has been kidnapped by Singh’s driver Sanjay Yadav who was removed from service two months back.
According to SSP Allahabad, Atul Sharma, Ranveer, who studies in Class 1 of a prominent English medium school of the city, used to go to the gymnasium located at another prominent English medium school of the city for past couple of years.
Twenty-six-year-old Sanjay, a native of Jhunsi, used to drop and pick the little kid during the evening hours.
However, Singh had removed Sanjay, from the service two months back.
“This evening, Sanay arrived at the gymnasium and asked Ranveer to come with him, luring for a giving a toy," said the SSP.
Later, the kidnapper called at the mobile of the kid’s parents and demanded an amount of Rs 3 crore and threatened them with dire consequences if the money was not paid. When the parents asked for further details, he hanged up.
“We have constituted special teams to recover the child,” said Sharma.