Girl kidnapped in Vijayawada

Three men kidnapped the nine-year-old daughter of a prominent industrialist while she was going to school. They killed the driver of the car who tried to save her.

The incident occurred in broad daylight on the newly laid Bus Rapid Transportation System Road in Madhura Nagar in Vijayawada on Saturday.

The girl, Vaishnavi, is the daughter of Mr Palagani Prabhakar, an industrialist and prominent BC leader. The police suspect the kidnappers may have abducted her for money.

Mr Prabhakar lives in Ayodhyanagar and his two children study in the NSM Public School in Patamata.

The car driver, Mr Lakshmana Rao, takes them to school every day in a Tavera. On Saturday too, they left for school and reached the Sai Baba temple area by 8 am.

The kidnappers, who were chasing the vehicle on two bikes, pelted stones and broke the car’s rear glass. The driver then halted the vehicle. The gangsters stabbed Lakshmana Rao before speeding away in the Tavera with the girl.