Bhubaneswar, Dec. 22 -- A couple of days after the Nayagarh police rescued the missing minor boy Amrit, SP Alekh Chandra Pahi today informed that the kidnapping was done to demand ransom from the minor's father.

Pahi revealed that the kidnappers were from the same village. "Three villagers of Kurala had kidnapped the minor and all of them have now confessed to the crime."

The modus operandi of the kidnappers was to get ransom from the minor's father. The prime accused in the case Swapna Panda had a loan of Rs 9 lakh as he had bought a pick-up van. Besides, Swapna had three other loans from various finance companies. Unable to pay EMIs, Swapna decided to commit the crime, said the SP.

Swapna was transporting goods of Kalia Patra in his ...