India, Nov. 10 -- A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a six-year-old boy in northwest Delhi's Subhash Place area over a personal grudge, police said on Sunday.

The accused, Mohammad Samem - a resident of Shakurbasti - was apprehended within hours of the incident and the child was rescued following an intensive search operation, they said.

According to the police, a PCR call was received around 3.18 am on November 4, reporting the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy from Subhash Place area.

"The child's mother said her son had gone to a nearby shop around 7 pm on November 3, but did not return home. Suspecting that someone had kidnapped him, she approached the police," a senior officer said.

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