Another kidnapping this time in Hyderabad
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:45 am
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/IT_couples_son_abducted_in_Hyderabad/articleshow/2338135.cms
It seems modus operandi of the kidnappers seem to be to isolate people with IT background and young kids in sparsely populated complexes. Safety and security is becoming a big issue in big cities now Hyderabad joins the list of Bangalore and Delhi-NCR to experience this.
IT couple's son abducted in Hyderabad
5 Sep 2007, 0102 hrs IST,TNN
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HYDERABAD: A software couple's three-and-a-half-year-old son, Rohit Reddy, was kidnapped from Kondapur on Tuesday at 4.30 pm by three men while he was playing with his brother and friends near his house. While the family was yet to receive a ransom call till late in the night, police said they believed that the boy was kidnapped for ransom. This is the second kidnapping involving IT industry in the past two months, with this case coming from the IT hub itself.
Rohit's father is G Ravinder Reddy, assistant project manager with Cognizant, and mother is Lalasa Reddy, project leader with Satyam. Rohit was playing in the premises of Sanskruti Vidya Mandir, barely 200 yards from his residence. The kidnappers came there in a black Qualis. While one of them entered the school and made Rohit sit on the parapet wall ? about three feet high ? another picked the boy and put him in the Qualis and the gang fled.
Rohit was with his elder brother, 8-year-old Praneet, and five other children from the building he lives in. Praneet told TOI that the abductors waited for 10-15 minutes outside and one of them entered the school only after the 'ayah' who was with the children left. The abductor greeted the children with a "hi" but within minutes he kidnapped Rohit and fled. The children shouted for help and ran back to their apartment to inform their parents, who in turn alerted the police.
The parents said that the boy was running a temperature. His inconsolable father was worried for Rohit's health as the boy was prone to fits if medicines were not administered on time.
As both the parents work, there was no one at home at the time of the incident. The family has a cook who stays home everyday, but had gone out on Tuesday. Rohit was in the habit of playing with his friends in the school premises every evening and did so even on Tuesday, which was a holiday on account of Janmashtami. The house and the school are in an isolated area.
The Reddys live in Golden Tulip estate, Raghavendra Colony, Kondapur, in a building they constructed with five other friends. The three-floor building they live in, Parvati Nilayam, comprises six flats, each owned by people known to the family.
The Reddys live on the ground floor. Ravinder Reddy, who hails from Kurnool, was in the US and returned about a couple of years ago. His wife, Lalasa, hails from Chitoor district.
Rajendranagar assistant commissioner of police K Mahipal Reddy said police have alerted all stations and control rooms.
It seems modus operandi of the kidnappers seem to be to isolate people with IT background and young kids in sparsely populated complexes. Safety and security is becoming a big issue in big cities now Hyderabad joins the list of Bangalore and Delhi-NCR to experience this.
IT couple's son abducted in Hyderabad
5 Sep 2007, 0102 hrs IST,TNN
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HYDERABAD: A software couple's three-and-a-half-year-old son, Rohit Reddy, was kidnapped from Kondapur on Tuesday at 4.30 pm by three men while he was playing with his brother and friends near his house. While the family was yet to receive a ransom call till late in the night, police said they believed that the boy was kidnapped for ransom. This is the second kidnapping involving IT industry in the past two months, with this case coming from the IT hub itself.
Rohit's father is G Ravinder Reddy, assistant project manager with Cognizant, and mother is Lalasa Reddy, project leader with Satyam. Rohit was playing in the premises of Sanskruti Vidya Mandir, barely 200 yards from his residence. The kidnappers came there in a black Qualis. While one of them entered the school and made Rohit sit on the parapet wall ? about three feet high ? another picked the boy and put him in the Qualis and the gang fled.
Rohit was with his elder brother, 8-year-old Praneet, and five other children from the building he lives in. Praneet told TOI that the abductors waited for 10-15 minutes outside and one of them entered the school only after the 'ayah' who was with the children left. The abductor greeted the children with a "hi" but within minutes he kidnapped Rohit and fled. The children shouted for help and ran back to their apartment to inform their parents, who in turn alerted the police.
The parents said that the boy was running a temperature. His inconsolable father was worried for Rohit's health as the boy was prone to fits if medicines were not administered on time.
As both the parents work, there was no one at home at the time of the incident. The family has a cook who stays home everyday, but had gone out on Tuesday. Rohit was in the habit of playing with his friends in the school premises every evening and did so even on Tuesday, which was a holiday on account of Janmashtami. The house and the school are in an isolated area.
The Reddys live in Golden Tulip estate, Raghavendra Colony, Kondapur, in a building they constructed with five other friends. The three-floor building they live in, Parvati Nilayam, comprises six flats, each owned by people known to the family.
The Reddys live on the ground floor. Ravinder Reddy, who hails from Kurnool, was in the US and returned about a couple of years ago. His wife, Lalasa, hails from Chitoor district.
Rajendranagar assistant commissioner of police K Mahipal Reddy said police have alerted all stations and control rooms.