BATHINDA – Two-and-a-half-year-old Kartik who was kidnapped on Saturday afternoon was found abandoned beneath a peepal tree at a secluded place in Model Town, Phase-II. Three persons have been booked in this connection, two of whom have been arrested.
Paramjit Singh, who was on a morning walk, first spotted the child who was wrapped in a piece of cloth with only legs left uncovered. Kartik was abducted from near his house in Model Town, Phase-II.
“I was on a walk with my wife when another couple walking ahead noticed the child. We called up other people and removed the cloth…he was the same boy whose photographs were published in newspapers,” Paramjit said.
The child was unconscious, he said, adding his parents were informed who arrived at the spot within minutes. It appeared that the child was dropped there in the wee hours while he was asleep.
