Kids Kidnapped from Karnataka School, Found After Accused's Bike Crashed
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News18•13-01-2026, 12:31
Kids Kidnapped from Karnataka School, Found After Accused's Bike Crashed
- •Two Class 3 students, Tanveer Dodmani and Lakshmi Kariyappanavar, were kidnapped from a government primary school in Dharwad, Karnataka during lunch break.
- •CCTV footage showed a man, later identified as Karim Mestri, taking the children on a motorcycle.
- •The children were found in Uttara Kannada after Mestri met with a motorcycle accident near Dandeli.
- •Mestri confessed to kidnapping the children, claiming he intended to take them to the Ulavi Chennabasaveshwara Jatra.
- •The children were safely returned to their parents, while the injured accused is receiving treatment in a government hospital.
Why It Matters: Quick police action and an unexpected accident led to the safe recovery of two kidnapped children.
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