Mahabubabad: A nine-year-old boy was kidnapped by miscreants from Krishna Colony locality in Mahabubabad town on Sunday evening. The kidnapped boy was identified as Deekshith, son of Ranjith Reddy, a contributor working with a vernacular news channel.

It is learnt that the boy was taken away by the unidentified persons when he was playing outside their house along with a friend. It is suspected that the kidnappers, who came to the locality on a bike, were already known to the boy since he had gone to them without raising any alarm.

The kidnappers called the mother of the boy over phone and demanded Rs 45 lakh ransom to release the boy on Sunday night and Monday morning. This has prompted the parents to approach the police. Though the police have not made any statement on the incident so far, it is said that SP Koti Reddy had formed several teams and pressed them to action to nab the kidnappers and he is supervising the operation himself. “We are trying to collect the information analyzing the available CCTV visuals,” said a police official.

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