LUCKNOW, Sept. 13 -- A day after they were kidnapped from near their houses in the Alambagh area of the city, two minors were rescued from Gola Gokarannath in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Friday, police officials said. The kidnapper, identified as one Vijay Sharma, 19, from Patel Nagar in Alambagh, was also arrested, they added.

Arjun Singh and his friend Pradyuman Yadav, aged 12 and 10 years, went missing at BG Colony, which falls under the Alambagh police station limits, around 3 pm Thursday, said Alambagh station house officer Subhash Chand.

"CCTV footage shows the children cycling at 3 pm. Then a man approaches them, speaks to them briefly, and takes them with him. Later, he is seen moving towards Charbagh," Chand said.

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