JEDDAH: Three-year-old Rawan, allegedly abducted by the family’s Indonesian maid, has been found safe and returned to her mother, Jeddah police spokesman First Lt. Nawwaf Al-Bouq said on Sunday.
Authorities now believe the father gave a false report about a kidnapping and ransom after the Indonesian family he hired to care for the child demanded they be paid the agreed-upon salary for the last month before returning the child.
The police have taken the father, who had lodged the complaint of kidnapping against an Indonesian family, into custody for falsely implicating the Indonesian woman, whom he alleged was his housemaid.
The girl, according to her father’s report to the police on Saturday, was left alone in the care of the family maid at a children’s play area in Faisaliah district when she was kidnapped. The maid reportedly set a ransom for the child’s release.
Police tracked down the Indonesian woman through the mobile number given to them by the father.
The police rang the number and when the Indonesian woman answered, the case was presented to her. She invited the police to her home to ascertain the facts.
Arab News
