Boy found abandoned near Gurdwara Shaheedan

Gurmilap’s hair was found cut when he was recovered. According to police,this was done by the accused in an attempt to change his looks and conceal his identity.

Notably,the kidnapping was captured by CCTV cameras installed at the Parikarma of Golden Temple. The footage showed an unidentified woman picking up Gurmilap — who was sleeping along side his father — and leaving.

“Circulation of CCTV captured images to the media and others have helped put pressure on kidnappers and thus,they abandoned the boy at Gurdwara Shaheedan. He was crying and telling people that his name was Gurmilap and his father’s name was Manjit Singh,” Kotwali Station House Officer Sukhwinder Singh said.

When contacted,Amritsar Deputy Commissioner of Police Kaustubh Sharma said: “The only things the child has said so far is that he was taken away in a bus and that his hair was cut by a barber. We are first handing over the child to parents. After that we will ask him in detail where he was taken and whether he knows the persons who took him away. The child is too small and we would need to verify his accounts from his parents.”

On Friday,the family had come to the Golden Temple from Ferozepur. While Gurmilap Singh and his father were sleeping in the Parikrama,his mother had gone to perform sewa at the shrine.

According to CCTV footage,Gurmilap was kidnapped at 12.30 am but it was only an hour later that the family came to know of the incident and raised an alarm. Following this,a case was registered under Sections 363 and 365 of the IPC.

The police,meanwhile,have released to the media the CCTV footage of four suspected accused — two men and women each.