The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday launched a manhunt for abductors suspected of kidnapping a 9-year-old Grade three pupil from a school in Donholm in Nairobi County.
In a statement released on Sunday, the agency disclosed that the suspects are teachers from the school suspected of abducting the student in the evening following his classes on an unspecified date.
In the statement, the DCI revealed that the pupil's father went to pick up his son from school only to find out that he was missing.
Upon making inquires, the father was told that his son had been seen leaving with his class teacher which prompted him to begin an immediate search for his child.
According to the DCI statement, the father later received a call from the kidnappers who demanded ransom amounting to Ksh10 million.
"A team of detectives drawn from the Nairobi Region Command in collaboration with colleagues from DCI Buruburu launched a thorough operation in Kayole Sabasaba area, leading to the rescue of the minor who had been locked in a room believed to have been rented by another teacher, who works in the same school with the main suspect," the statement read.
Following the successful sting operation, the police promptly rescued the minor and rushed him to the hospital for a thorough check-up.
Subsequently, the law enforcement team continued their operations and arrested one suspect linked to the kidnapping.
This arrest was made when the suspect was in the process of making ransom demands for the release of the child.
During their search, the police also recovered various items, including a motorcycle and a mobile phone suspected to have been used in the abduction of the 9-year-old minor.
The items have been taken into police custody and will serve as crucial exhibits in the ongoing investigation.
