Overview
- Four minors were detained and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, with a two-day police remand granted.
- Police, alerted by the victim’s father, chased the convoy, intercepted one SUV near Greater Kailash, and rescued the boy unharmed as two vehicles fled.
- A country-made pistol and 20 live cartridges were recovered from the intercepted vehicle, officials said.
- An FIR has been registered at the CR Park police station under kidnapping, criminal intimidation provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the Arms Act.
- Investigators say the attempt followed an earlier school quarrel and alleged threats from an elder brother, and they are examining how the firearm was procured and whether adults aided the plot, with some details still being verified across reports.