Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation have rescued a minor who was allegedly abducted by class teachers.
The 9-year-old grade three pupil from a school in Donholm, Nairobi County was reported missing by his father who had gone to fetch his son from school.
According to the DCI, the father was informed that the minor's class teacher had left the school in the company of his son.
The abductors who could not be traced by the detectives, demanded Sh10 Million from the father for his son's freedom.
"Efforts to trace the teacher proved futile only for the father to receive a call from abductors who were demanding Sh10 Million ransom, prompting the father to make a report at Buruburu police station," the DCI said.
However, the officers conducted a thorough operation and located the minor who was locked in a room.
"A team of detectives drawn from the Nairobi Region Command in collaboration with colleagues from DCI Buruburu launched a thorough operation in Kayole Sabasaba area, leading to the rescue of the minor who had been locked in a room believed to have been rented by another teacher, who works in the same school with the main suspect," the DCI noted.
"The minor was immediately rescued and taken to hospital for medical checks as the operation continued."
The detectives also managed to arrest a suspect believed to have been making demands for ransom in exchange for the minor's freedom.
The officers also recovered a motorcycle, mobile phone and other items which were being used in the commission of the heartless act.
"The items have been kept at exhibits as the operation continues to bring in the other suspects," the DCI said.
