7-year-old boy abducted in Patna

A seven-year-old boy, Shreshta, a student of Class I of Christ Church School, was abducted by three persons on way to school in broad daylight in Patna on September 14, 2009. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked the police to rescue the child at the earliest.

Shreshta, was on way to school from his residence at Salimpur Ahra when three motorcycle-borne persons intercepted the three-wheeler, carrying him and other students, in front of a posh hotel.

They later took away the boy, son of a private firm official Sanjay Srivastava, at gun-point, police said.

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Police shows the auto carrying Shreshta and other students.

Grief-stricken mother of Shreshta and inset Shreshts

Police grills auto-driver.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui