Archive · 14 Aug 2025
Shimla Kidnapping: Suspect in Custody, Voice Samples Requested
The man who took the Bishop Cotton School students has been put in jail while the police try to figure out what happened.
He will give a recording of his voice to see if it matches the calls he made asking for money.
The police found a fake car and weapons at his place.
The school is now making sure kids are watched when they leave.
Sumit Sood, the alleged kidnapper of three BCS students, was sent to judicial custody.
Police sought extended custody for questioning.
Sood will provide voice samples for comparison with ransom calls.
He is accused of demanding ransom in Bitcoins.
Police seized a fake registration car and weapons from his home.
- Who
- Sumit Sood, a former Bishop Cotton School student.
- What
- Sumit Sood, the kidnapper, was sent to judicial custody.
- When
- The court sent Sood to judicial custody on Wednesday.
- Where
- The court is in Shimla, India; the children were kidnapped in Shimla, and held in Kotkhai.
- Why
- The police want to investigate further and compare voice samples with ransom calls made to the parents.
Police Investigation
Court's Decision
Custody Decision
Police Investigation
Seeking extended custody for questioning.
Court's Decision
The court sent the suspect to judicial custody.
- Suspect
- Sumit Sood
- Age of Suspect
- 43
- Victims
- Three students
- School
- Bishop Cotton School
- Location of Kidnapping
- Shimla
- Location of Confinement
- Kotkhai
- Charges
- Kidnapping, ransom demand
