'In our investigations we found that Devanand, father of the boy, has a nephew named Chandan. Chandan had a love affair with Khan's daughter and the two eloped from their homes. Khan wanted Devanand to return his daughter. To put pressure on Devanand, he kidnapped the boy with the help of another person,' he added.

Two days after the kidnapping, Khan made ransom calls to Devanand. Police said a team was rushed to Khan's native place and a trap was laid near a forest where the abductors were to come to collect the ransom money.

'But after seeing the policemen, the abductors left the child and fled in the forest. Khan was later arrested from Gorakhpur,' added Mohan.