The teenaged son of a cloth merchant here was allegedly kidnapped for ransom by unidentified men, police said today.
Anmol (15), son of Ashok Kumar of Pirthala village, was allegedly kidnapped last night, they said.
As per the complaint registered by the police, Anmol had gone to the village temple at 7.30 PM where he received a phone call from his friend asking him to collect his computer chip after which the boy went to take it on his scooter, police said.
Meanwhile, the boy's mother rang him up but the phone remain unattended till the kidnapper received the call and asked her to hand over the cellphone to his father.
The kidnapper demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh for the return of their son and told them the time and place for the exchange, they said.
"We have seized the mobile cover and spectacles of Anmol at the canal bank near the village and a search operation has been launched," Sadar police station SHO Pradeep Kumar said.
He said some youths of the village, including the merchant's friend, have been detained in the connection and investigation is underway, he added.
