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Woman kidnaps teenager through Net: PTI

According to the police, Abrar Khatri, a student of Standard VII, had been reported missing since November 2 by his father, an exporter.

Acting on a clue that his son had been closely interacting with a young lady through the internet, sleuths of the missing persons bureau traced a 25-year-old woman employee of a private firm, Percy Williams, police said.

A close watch on the e-mail messages of the missing teenager revealed that he had corresponded with her during his absence. Acting on the information, the police, along with officials of the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited traced the messages to a cyber cafe at Dombivali in neighbouring Thane district. A close watch yielded success when the boy visited the cafe on Sunday.

The boy admitted to having developed an infatuation for the lady after chatting on the Net. He had skipped school on November 2 to meet the lady, who had accommodated him in a house of an accomplice. She later shifted him to Thakurli.

A passport of the boy was also recovered from the Andheri residence of the woman.

According to the teenager, the woman had made arrangements to send him abroad for a job. She had also provided him a mobile telephone, clothes, a gold chain and a new pair of shoes during his stay.

A case of kidnapping has been lodged since the boy is a minor, police said, adding that a manhunt has been launched for the woman.

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