Woman, daughter kidnapped in Lucknow, rescued from Kanpur

LUCKNOW: A 20-year-old youth kidnapped a woman and her two year old daughter from Kaiserbagh crossing and took them to Kanpur on Tuesday. The woman’s family lodged a complaint following which police traced and recovered the woman and her daughter from the house of accused youth Shariq Mansoori in Anwarganj area of Kanpur district on Wednesday.
Mansoori kidnapped the woman after tricking her to sit in his car after promising to drop her at her home. Mansoori later threatened the woman of dire consequences and took her to Kanpur, said SHO Kaiserbagh, D N Mishra. “The woman and her daughter had gone to a shopping complex to purchase garments with other family members. They fell short of money after which other family members went to an ATM to withdraw cash leaving the woman and her daughter near the shopping complex,” said SHO Kaiserbagh.
In the meantime, her girl started crying badly and the woman decided to head home. In video footage, Mansoori is spotted stopping his car, inquiring and promising to drop them at their house, but took them to Kanpur,” said Mishra.
Mansoori had locked the mother-daughter duo in a room and wanted to kill them, but were rescued in time, said the police communique.