The Hindu Business Line : Adobe India chief's kidnapped son rescued

ANANT GUPTA, three-year-old abducted son of Adobe India head, Mr Naresh Gupta, seen with his parents at his residence in Noida on Friday. — Rajeev Bhatt

Noida , Nov. 17

The three-year-old son of Senior Vice-President of Adobe, who was kidnapped from near his house in Noida on Monday, was rescued by the Uttar Pradesh police on Friday, bringing a sense of relief to residents of this satellite town that houses some of the most prominent names in the IT industry.

Mr Naresh Gupta, Senior Vice-President with Adobe and head of India operations, who was on his way to India from the US when his son was kidnapped, said he was sleeping when Anant returned. "Having been awake all night and for most of the preceding nights, I went for a nap around 11-30 a.m. About 45 minutes later, there was commotion in the house when I realised that Anant had returned," he said.

The Inspector-General (Meerut Range), Mr N.B. Singh, told newspersons here that one person, identified Jitender, a resident of New Ashok Nagar in East Delhi, has been arrested in this connection. The other three accused — identified as Pavan, Chhatrapal and Vijay Chauhan — are yet to be arrested. While Vijay is from Ghaziabad, Pavan and Chhatrapal hail from New Ashok Nagar.

Mr Singh said the security guard of Mr Gupta, Kameshwar, got four calls in quick succession moments after the kidnapping. The caller was desperate to find out about the movement of the police and mediapersons at Mr Gupta's house. "Call details revealed that Chhatrapal who worked at a dairy booth barely 50 metres away from Mr Gupta's house had made those calls. Further investigations led us to the other accused," said Mr Singh.

Anant, who was attending pre-nursery classes at Lotus Valley School, was kidnapped by motorcycle-borne men from near his house when he was waiting for the school bus around 8-45 a.m. on Monday. Kameshwar received calls at 8-45 a.m., 8-51 a.m., 8-59 a.m. and 9-02 a.m.

On Tuesday morning, Mr Gupta had managed to talk to his son and realised that he was safe and healthy. However, neither he nor the police wanted to take any step in haste as that could have jeopardised the safety of the child.

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