A senior police officer of the Force said three-year-old Shiva Gujarati, a street child, was kidnapped by an unknown miscreant from Kenderdine Lane beside Jogajog Bhavan on C R Avenue this Saturday.
A team of the Bowbazar Police Station took up the investigation and with the assistance of Monitoring Cell CD, zeroed in on a specific mobile number and kept a tab on it, finally succeeding in nabbing the accused Sunil Das (27) from Jorasanko area.
"While in custody and after prolonged interrogation, a lead could be made out, following which a team went to Jhajha in Bihar and rescued the minor boy safely in less than 72 hours," the officer said.
The accused has been booked under IPC 370.
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