Man plays prank using missing girl’s name, gets arrested

The accused claimed that Harini, a two-year-old girl child from a gypsy community who went missing on September 15 in Anaicut near Kalpakkam in Kancheepuram was with him.

After an Erode based NGO announced Rs one lakh cash reward for the person, who provides any information leading to the girl, he on Saturday contacted the NGO claiming that the girl was in his custody and added that he would return the child after the NGO gave him Rs one lakh, the police said. 

Following this, the NGO members contacted the police and the team nabbed him from Madurai. The man was identified as S Rajeshwaran (24) and added that he did so to get the money. He was arrested by the Anaicut police.