Title - Kidnapped child rescued from local train

Kolkata : A five-year-old, kidnapped from Dhanbad while returning from school, was rescued today after being spotted by a railway gangman inside a local train in Purulia, Eastern Railway officials said. Piyush , son of Railway employee Rajkamal Paswan, was kidnapped from Malkera Railway station in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand on Saturday. The gangman recognised the boy and raised an alarm at Santaldih railway station when the kidnapper was taking him away by Adra–Khanoodih passenger train, the sources said. The kidnapper tried to flee leaving the boy but the RPF personnel chased the kidnapper and caught him. He was later arrested. The ransom of Rs 2.2 lakh paid by the boy's family was also seized from him. The kidnapper had demanded Rs 15 lakh as ransom. He was paid Rs 2.20 lakh near Gawai river of Santaldih yesterday, but he did not release the child. The child has now been handed over to the local police, the sources added.