Mysuru, March 4 -- A couple and their child staying at a private resort near Bandipur Tiger Reserve are suspected to have been kidnapped near Mangala village in Chamarajanagar yesterday afternoon.

Nishanth, a First Division Assistant at Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Bengaluru, was reportedly abducted along with his wife and child. The family had checked into a resort near Mangala for a two-day stay on Sunday and Monday.

On Monday, Nishanth left his wife and child at the resort and drove towards Mangala when a car began following him. A verbal altercation ensued, after which he and his family were allegedly forcibly taken away. The kidnappers also took Nishanth's car. Reports suggest that the abductors arrived at the resor...