Shimla, Aug. 12 -- Reeling under financial losses, Sumit Sood (45), a former student of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, who is also an engineering graduate, turned a kidnapper of the three Class 6 students, all 11, of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. They were picked up by the accused from near the school. However, they were rescued by police on Sunday.

Police had arrested Sumit Sood of Chaithala in Kotkhai, who had studied up to Class 8 at BCS, Shimla, before pursuing engineering from MIT, Meerut. Sumit is a third generation student of BCS, Shimla, as his grandfather and father were also "Cottonians" - a term popularly used to address students of BCS, Shimla.

"An engineering graduate, Sood had suffered losses in businesses. He even lost mon...