India(Nodia) Kidnapping :Two held in Anant Gupta kidnapping case

Noida: Two people have been arrested in the kidnapping case of Anant Gupta, the son of Adobe CEO Naresh Gupta, from Noida.

Earlier today, the three-year-old boy was rescued and reunited with his parents.

According to the police, he was rescued around 12:15 pm (IST) from the Noida-Bulandshahr border.

A cheerful and smiling Anant waved to reporters from his Noida residence.

He was kidnapped on Monday morning when he was being walked to his school bus by the family's domestic help.

Two armed men on a motorcycle had snatched him from Noida's posh Sector 15 A neighbourhood.

Security concerns The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police and the Noida cops were investigating several leads, including a one-time frequent visitor to the Gupta household.

Gupta has denied the family paid a ransom. But he maintained an amount of

Rs. 60 lakh had been demanded and that the family had received threats. Meanwhile, the doctors examining Anant have said there were no indications that the boy had been drugged during the period when he was with the kidnappers.

"The child is behaving and talking normally. His activity is normal," said Dr Kuldeep Singh. And the Principal of Anant's school, Madhu Chandra, said all the students and teachers had been praying for his safe return and were now jubilant that he was back home.

"The entire colony was supportive and praying hard for his safe return. Their prayers have been answered finally. Only a mother knows what it feels like when her child returns," she said.The latest kidnapping case has been a wake up call on security in the National Capital Region (NCR).

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