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Child in Kolkata saved from being sold
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 07 April, 2008 11:24:00
 
Kolkata: Prompt action taken by the Railway Police Force (RPF) and the local
residents saved a child from being kidnapped and sold today morning at the
NarkelDanga area in the city. The child, Md Imran, was playing in front of his
home in the morning. At around 11.30 am when his mother came out to call him for
the lunch, she found him missing.
Immediately she raised a hue and cry and a massive manhunt was launched by the
local residents. A section of them rushed to the railway station and with the
help of the RPF they found the child who was being carried away by a man called
Taimur.
“Taimur has been arrested and we suspect he is associated with a child
kidnap racket. The child was not kidnapped for money but for being sold to
people with vested interest, “ an RPF officer at Sealdah said.