Patna, Sep 17 - Police have recovered a six-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Patna three days ago from Saran district in Bihar, police said Thursday night.

A team of Patna police recovered Shresth Sanjay from Baniapur in Saran district. 'Police have rescued the boy,' a police official said.

Shresth was kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of Patna while he was on his way to school Monday morning. Three armed men overtook the autorickshaw in which he was

travelling to school and forced the driver to stop and abducted him.

Shresth is a student of Class I in Christ Church School here.