Police have rescued an 11-year-old girl who was abducted near Namakkal for Rs 50 lakh and arrested a couple from the same town.
Saravanan-Kavusalya couple from Kalichettipatti next to Namakkal. Their 11-year-old daughter was sleeping on the terrace of the house early yesterday morning. The two masked men then tied up her mother and brother and abducted the girl.
Following this, the kidnappers demanded Rs 50 lakh and threatened, and the police set up 7 special forces to rescue the girl. Police patrolling the area around 2 am today interrogated the couple who had gone with the girl on a two-wheeler in the petrol punk area near the Alankanatham section.
It was then revealed that the girl had been abducted. Following this, it was revealed that the girl was abducted by her husband Manikandan and wife Ponnumani from the same town. Police arrested the two following this and are conducting a serious investigation.