India, Nov. 10 -- Days after a six-year-old boy was kidnapped from a shop near his home in northwest Delhi's Subhash Place, police have arrested a 23-year-old man for kidnapping, assaulting and abandoning the child due to his "grudge" with his family.

The accused was identified as Mohammed Samem. He had been stalking the child's mother for some time and wanted to seek revenge from the woman after she rejected his advances.

On November 3, according to police, the 6-year-old had gone to a nearby store to buy chocolate. His mother said it was 7pm, and the boy was to return in a few minutes but went missing.

A police officer said, "The parents looked for the child for hours and, around 3am the next day, they approached the police. The moth...