Kidnap mystery continues

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MARCH 31. The kidnapping case of a three-year-old boy from Sembium ten days ago continues to be a big challenge for the city police.

Police are using all their ingenuity to track down Rajesh Khanna who allegedly walked away on March 20 with the son of a fast food owner at Sembium where he had been employed. They are being helped by the Telephone Department personnel in tracing the address of the calls made by the accused.

They came to know that he had escaped from Aruppukottai after stabbing a villager before taking the job at Sembium. He had stabbed a villager who had questioned his relationship with the widow of an army personnel in a local panchayat meeting.

Investigation revealed that Rajesh Khanna had gained employment at the fast-food outlet with a false name and fictitious address. The first breakthrough was getting the kidnapper's photograph in an otherwise baffling case. The accused had been photographed by one of the customers, by chance, after he was impressed with the food served in the hotel. Police traced the customer and retrieved the photograph.

The preliminary probe revealed that Rajesh Khanna was wanted by the Tirupathi and Madurai police for cheating and marrying a woman at each place and then attacking them or their kin.

Meanwhile, police have printed several pamphlets with the photographs of the three-year-old boy Kiran Kumar and the accused. These pamphlets have been posted at railway terminals, bus-stands and other important junctions.

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