Ludhiana, Sept. 13 -- A woman and her mother foiled an alleged bid to abduct the woman's six-year-old daughter in Haibowal on Saturday.

Haibowal police have booked five people, including the girl's father, Amandeep Sharma, and grandfather, Hemraj Sharma, for allegedly plotting her abduction, while two men accused of attempting to carry out the plan have been arrested.

The case was registered on the complaint of the girl's mother, Anupriya, who told police that her estranged husband wanted their daughter to stay with him.

According to the complaint, Anupriya and her mother had noticed unidentified men allegedly following them and clicking photographs while they went to drop her daughter, Hazel Sharma, at school. On Saturday, some men ca...