Police takes custody of teenagers kidnapped from Agra

Jalandhar, Nov 7 : The local police has taken the two teenaged students, allegedly kidnapped from near an Ashram of a prominent saint in Agra in Uttar Pradesh sometime ago, after they arrived at the railway station here last night.

SP traffic Sudesh Agnihotry told UNI here today that the teenagers Akash and Arpit, students of eight standard in the school run by the Ashram in Agra, were spotted by the police and upon investigation, told them that they were kidnapped by some persons from near the Ashram while they were playing cricket.

They claimed that the kidnappers had forced them to smell some chemical and took them to Jammu by train in an unconscious state.

When they regained consciousness in Jammu, they were told by the kidnappers that they had been brought to Jammu for extracting their kidneys as the kidney business had been flourishing in the state, the boys claimed.

They said that after this, they managed to flee, jumped into Kashmir Mail and reached Jalandhar.

Police Division No. four here took both the students into its custody yesterday.

Mr Sanjiv Kalra, IG, Jalandhar zone, told UNI that the police was investigating the matter and there seemed to be some descrepencies in their story.

SSP Jalandhar R K Jaiswal said that he had a telephonic conversation with his counterpart at Agra, who said that the matter did not seem as serious as it was being made out to be.

However, the police would thoroughly look into the matter, he added.

--UNI

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