UP businessman's grandchild rescued in Gonda, kidnappers held after encounter

A joint team of Uttar Pradesh Police and the Special Task Force (STF) has rescued the eight-year-old grandson of an Uttar Pradesh guthka trader. The child was kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district on Friday, and was rescued after a joint operation of the Special Task Force (STF) and the Uttar Pradesh Police in the wee hours of Saturday.

All the accused in the Gonda kidnapping case have been arrested following an encounter on Saturday morning, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said. The police have also seized three weapons and the car used for kidnapping.