Day 4: Police still clueless about kidnappers of minor girl

THE Kerala Police has been unable to trace down the kidnappers of the 6-year old girl who was kidnapped on Monday while going for tuition along with her brother.

The Kerala Police is under pressure from various groups to track down the kidnappers even four days have passed since the recovery of the girl.

Sources said that police have formed a 45-member team, which includes woman members, to track down the kidnappers.

On Thursday, police raided a rented apartment -- where the girl’s father works as a nurse -- in the neighbouring district of Pathanamthitta. The police confiscated a cell phone during the raid.

On Monday, the girl was kidnapped by a gang who were travelling in a white Swift Dezire car, after pushing her brother.

On Tuesday, a woman left the minor girl at a ground in Kollam. Police took her to a state-run hospital in Kollam for medical observation from where she was taken to the magistrate in Kottarakara to register her statement under Sec 164.

The kidnappers had asked for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh which was then raised to Rs 10 lakh.