New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- A five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from outside his house in Shakurpur near Netaji Subhash Place in northwest Delhi last week, was safely rescued after police arrested two people who had allegedly tried to sell him in Kolkata for Rs.1 lakh, senior police officers said on Friday.

One of the accused, identified as Kajal (single name), 29, was arrested from a Delhi-bound train at Tundla railway station in Uttar Pradesh while travelling with the child. Her associate, Ranjeet Shah alias Neeraj, was arrested earlier from his hometown Khagaria in Bihar, said additional commissioner of police (northwest) Bhisham Singh.

"The two accused belong to Khagaria. They had taken the boy to Kolkata via Patna and attempted to sel...