New Delhi
A day before Republic day celebrations, a nursery student was kidnapped by armed men after shooting the bus driver near the GTB enclave, Shahdara on Thursday.
According to sources, at around 0745 hrs the school bus, taking the children to Vivekanand School, was intercepted by two bike-borne masked men near the IHBAS hospital who shot the bus driver and kidnapped the nursery kid.
The police were on a look out for the kidnappers.
Joint Commissioner of Police (eastern range) Ravindra Singh Yadav confirmed the incident. “An FIR has been registered and several specialised units of the Delhi Police have initiated a probe. No ransom call has been made by kidnappers till 10 am,” a police official said, reports Indian express.
“The incident took place at around 8 am. Eyewitnesses informed the police that two men, wearing helmets, came on a black bike and intercepted the bus. When the driver resisted, the pillion rider shot at him and entered the bus. He then kidnapped the boy in front of his sister. There were about 20 students inside the bus,” a senior police officer said, adding that they later fled towards Uttar Pradesh.
Police have said no ransom to the victim’s parents was made till 10 am. “We are probing the role of insiders as the kidnappers were aware about the child’s routine and they also kidnapped the boy, not the girl,” an officer said.
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