Overview

• Arbaaz Siddiqui, 28, allegedly abducted the 16-year-old on July 22 by posing as a friend near Phoenix Mills Mall
• He confined the boy in his Mumbra residence and threatened to extract and sell his kidney and kill him unless the father paid ₹1.5 lakh
• The victim’s father delayed contacting police out of fear until he heard his son crying during an assault on July 28
• Chunabhatti police tracked Siddiqui’s mobile phone to his Mumbra home and conducted an early-morning raid on July 29 to rescue the teen
• Police have registered charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita code and are continuing their investigation