Two men kidnap a two-year-old girl sleeping beside her mother

Kundapur: A two-year-old, girl child who was sleeping besides her mother was abducted by two men at the Edamoge village of the taluk at 4 am on Thursday, July 11.

The abducted child is identified as the daughter of Kumti Beru Santhosha Naika, a resident of the extremely remote village of Edamoge.

The incident

The kidnappers gained access into the house the left door and lifted the child was sleeping with the mother from the mat. A slight movement by the culprits woke the mother ran behind them begging them to give her child back. However, both the masked kidnappers jumped into the nearby river Kubja and swam across it with the child and escaped towards Hosangadi.

Shankaranarayana police have visited the spot and are investigating the bizarre mystery.