EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU VISAKHAPATNAM SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Notorious child lifting gang busted by Visakhapatnam cops Police rescue four children out of five who were sold by the kidnappers Staff Reporter ni, the kingpin of the gang and sold him to Ch, Eswara VISAKHAPATNAM who also allegedly runs a Rao of Nakkapalle for ₹1.20 The Visakhapatnam City Pol­ flesh racket, told her boy­ lakh. The law finally caught ice arrested four persons friend Sumanth that her sis­ up with them when they kid­ who were allegedly part of a ter Satyavathi wanted a child napped a child in Simhacha­ notorious child­kidnapping as she was childless. Su­ lam, Mr. Meena said. gang on Friday. manth and Nagamani then The four persons, includ­ hatched a plan to kidnap a Modus operandi ing two women, are accused child from a poor family and DCP (Zone II) B. Uday Bhas­ of kidnapping five children make easy money by selling kar said that the accused and selling them for sums the child to Satyavathi. would conduct a recce at va­ ranging from ₹50,000 to In November 2016, the rious areas in Sekhar’s auto­ ₹1.20 lakh. Four of the five duo kidnapped an eight­ rickshaw before kidnapping children have been rescued month­old girl from a home­ a child. They would target and will soon be reunited less family near VUDA Park children belonging to poor with their parents, police The photographs of the and sold the baby to Sathya­ homeless families, aged be­ said. accused released by the vathi’s husband B. Rambabu low three years, so that they Police also arrested three police in Visakhapatnam on for ₹50,000. would not be able to identify persons who had allegedly Friday. * C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM After the deed was done, their parents easily. bought the kidnapped chil­ Sumanth left for Vizianaga­ “Nagamani had many dren from the gang and two Paderu lodged a complaint ram to lie low for a while. contacts as she runs a flesh more who allegedly helped with the Gopalapatnam Pol­ Having tasted success with trade racket. Through her the kidnappers broker the ice Station stating that her their first endeavour, the WhatsApp, she would share deals. two­year­old son N. Abhiram duo resolved to kidnap more photographs of the kid­ The accused persons have was kidnapped by Sekhar, children and sell them to pe­ napped children. She would been identified as B. Naga­ who was known to her. The ople in order to make more tell buyers that the children mani, said to be the kingpin, incident took place near money. are orphans, or have been J. Anand alias Chandu alias Simhachalam, when she had Pointing to the depravity abandoned by their parents, Sekhar, T. Sumanth Kumar, gone to attend nature’s call. of the accused, police said in order to convince the and M. Lakshmi, all resi­ After registering a case, pol­ that in 2017, Sekhar, an auto­ buyers to proceed with the dents of Visakhapatnam. ice took the accused into rickshaw driver from Arilo­ deal,” Mr. Uday Bhaskar said. Two other persons named their custody and rescued va, sold his own three­year­ M. Jyothika and Ch. Devi the toddler with the help of old daughter to a man Children in safe hands were also arrested on charg­ CCTV footage. named Zianuddin for ₹1 lakh. Shyamala Rani, Chairperson es of mediating for the gang. “Further investigation in­ In July 2017, the duo kid­ of Child Welfare Committee, Addressing the media, to the case revealed that Sek­ napped a girl from Arilova. Visakhapatnam, said that Commissioner of Police R.K. har was not operating alone, Police immediately launched buying children is a serious Meena said that their investi­ and that there was a child a massive manhunt. Worried crime and added that the gation of the disappearance kidnapping gang active in that they would be arrested, rescued children would in­ of a child at the Simhacha­ the city since 2016,” Mr. Mee­ the duo approached the pol­ itially be taken care of by the lam shrine, which was re­ na told reporters. ice with the baby stating that Child and Women Welfare ported to the police on Au­ they found her, the Commis­ Department. gust 5 this year, led them to Five cases sioner said. “The children would later the child kidnapping gang. The Police Commissioner Again in November 2018, be handed over to their pa­ On August 5, a woman said that the gang made its the duo kidnapped a two­ rents according to proce­ named N. Kanthamma from first kidnap in 2016. Nagama­ year­old boy from Bheemili dure,” she said. RINL CMD bats for cost­cutting steps to stay afloat ‘The phase of unpredictable market needs to be handled deftly’ Special Correspondent handled deftly. “The RINL first quarter was not very en­ VISAKHAPATNAM has adopted several cost­cut­ couraging, we are hopeful of There is global downturn in ting measures which are better days soon,” he said. steel sector and cost­cutting yielding good results. We Speaking on the occasion, measures are necessary to have not only brought down Steel and Metallurgy maga­ stay afloat, Rashtriya Ispat the overheads, but also are zine editor Nirmalya Muk­ Nigam Limited (RINL) Chair­ producing quality steel as herjee said the Centre’s plan man and Managing Director per the market needs,” said to invest ₹20 lakh crore on P.K Rath has said, adding Mr. Rath. Referring to the di­ infrastructure development that the government policies RINL CMD P.K. Rath speaking versification, the RINL CMD would give a boost to the must favour the industry at at a seminar on Friday. said the forged wheel plant steel sector. this juncture. proposed at Rae Bareli in Ut­ Sanjay Agarwal, senior Delivering the key­note here on Friday, Mr. Rath said tar Pradesh would be ready vice­president (sales and address at a seminar on the steel market has a good for commissioning in Sep­ marketing), JSW Steel Limit­ ‘cost­effective technologies future in the long run, but tember. “We have all facili­ ed, Subrata Mitra, JMD, M.N and market for long pro­ the prevailing downturn ties at our integrated steel Dastur and Co. Ltd, and ducts’ organised by the Steel phase owing to the unpred­ plant. These difficult days Krishna Rao, Director, Vizag and Metallurgy magazine ictable market needs to be will not last long. Though the Profiles Limited, spoke. CM A VZ-VZE YK.