Role-acting secret of Gampola boy who tried to swindle ransom ... exposed -- child recovered from Batticaloa!

Role-acting secret of Gampola boy who tried to swindle ransom ... exposed -- child recovered from Batticaloa!

A male child aged 2 years, 8 months of a Gampola businessman plus the mother's brother (uncle), a 23 year old young man had suddenly disappeared last 3rd and subsequently the father of the child had received a call demanding a ransom which ultimately caused a hue and cry as a result.

The place of business of this businessman was located in Gampola and was close to their home, just 50 metres away. After having had lunch the said uncle had set off from home to the market taking the

child with him and later both of them had disappeared. Subsequently some unknown voice had spoken later from this uncle's mobile phone and had told a story that both these individuals would be released if a sum of 3 million is given. Sometime afterwards after discussing this matter on and off, the value quoted had been finally brought down to 1 million. During this process police inquiries too were already underway.

Surprisingly however, the young man who was supposed to have disappeared had suddenly appeared at home this morning on 6th; but the missing child was not in his company. The youth had told the police that he was detained together with the child in a house in Galle; that a ransom is demanded for the child to be released and that he only was brought to Kandy and thus released.

On the clue received regarding information about this young man and having sniffed that the above story has been woven, the police kept interrogating him this afternoon because he was suspicion-prone, so to say. As such the police continued with the inquiry when the youth finally exposed the truth saying that it was he who directed this ransom activity and had proceeded to hide the child in a house in Batticaloa and so launched an operation of securing the money. Thus, according to information he has divulged, the abducted small child was found this evening in Karadiyanaru area in Batticaloa. The child was rescued by the police when he was kept in hiding in Urukamam area in Karadiyanaru. The youth who planned to kidnap the child and the mother and daughter found in the Batticaloa house were all taken into police custody.

The police are engaged in continuing with further investigations to arrest several other suspects who are connected to the incident while those who have being already arrested are expected to be produced before courts. Information has been received to the effect that this youth, Abdul Rahim Mohommed who had operated proceedings involved in the kidnapping is supposed to be suffering from a mental ailment and had got involved in this role-play of abducting the child on the occasion that he had visited his sister's home so that it would be easy for him to attend the clinic at Kandy General Hospital to take treatment.