Cops announce Rs lakh for info on woman student's kidnapper

Nearly a week after a 21-year-old woman pharmacy student was kidnapped, the police here on Monday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information on the abductor. Police said they verified CCTV footage and during the course of the investigation the kidnapper was identified as Ravi S of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh.

"If anyone passes on information on this person (abductor)whereabouts, a reward of Rs 1 lakh will be given, a press release from the police commissioner said. The woman was kidnapped on July 23 after she and her father boarded the car of the accused who posing as a doctor offered to get her a job.

The man drove away with the woman after asking her father to get down for taking photocopies of her educational certificates. The abductor had affixed a fake number on his car, the police said.