Armed men kidnap city trader's son

LUCKNOW: Armed men allegedly kidnapped the teenaged boy of a city trader from the posh Aliganj locality of the city this morning.

The three men, who were travelling in a car, abducted 16-year-old Mohit while he was being taken to school by his father, police said.

They also had a scuffle with his father, a city-based trader, and fired shots in the air to scare away the morning walkers, sources said.

The motive behind the kidnapping was yet to be ascertained, police said adding a manhunt had been launched to nab the culprits.