Anant would be rescued soon: Mulayam

Lucknow/Noida, Nov 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, expressing concern with the daylight kidnapping of the three-year-old son of Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta, today said he would be rescued soon.

''I don't want to disclose much on the issue as police is very near to solving the case,'' Mr Yadav told reporters in the state capital.

Meanwhile, three days have passed since Anant was abducted outside his house in Noida on Monday morning and police is yet to apprehend the criminals.

Despite the two ransom calls that the Guptas reportedly received yesterdaay, the police have been unable to track down Anant.

However, the Special Task Force (STF) claim to have some strong leads in the case and assured they would crack it soon.

Apart from deploying the STF, the UP police have set up five additional teams and are seeking help from the Delhi police in its investigations.

Meerut IG N B Singh, said they were proceeding well with this case and expressed optimism that it would be solved soon.

Police had also interrogated the watchman Kameshwar and maid Seema and did not rule out the possibility of an insider's hand in the case.

Anant's father Naresh Gupta had appealed to the media to play down the issue, fearing the spotlight may jeopardise his son's safety.

''My son is with some unknown people, and if you continue to report, it might have a bad impact on them,'' he said and appealed to the kidnappers to return the child as he has done nothing wrong.

UNI

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