Anant case: Dad asks media to stop coverage

 Naresh Gupta, who returned home from the United States early this morning, appealed to the media to avoid sensationalising the case so that no harm came to his son.

 "The more you are covering the incident, it will cause more trouble for our child. My child's life is in danger," an emotional Gupta told reporters outside his residence.

 "Please do not cover this issue anymore. We do not have any information about the child. The last time we saw him was at 8:50 am yesterday," Gupta said.

 Teams of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force were dispatched to various places on the basis of clues provided by the maid servant and other domestic helps and security guards of the area.

 Anant was abducted by two motorcycle-borne youths yesterday while he was waiting for his Lotus Valley school bus along with the family's maid servant outside his residence.

 Family receives ransom call

 The family of three-year-old Anant Gupta, the son of Naresh Gupta, Adobe India CEO, who was kidnapped, received a ransom call for his release today.

Though police and the family would not go on record on this, sources said a telephone call was received at the Noida Sector-15 residence of the Guptas this morning demanding money for the release of the child.

The ransom amount is not known. The identity of the captors, who kidnapped Anant in broad daylight by unidentified persons from outside his house yesterday, has also not been ascertained.