Mohali, May 21 -- Nearly six hours after a four-year-old girl was abducted in broad daylight near Singhpura village in Mohali, she was rescued by the Mohali police. They said that preliminary investigations revealed it was a matter of an ongoing child custody dispute between her parents, and that the girl was abducted by her mother and maternal uncle.

According to the police, the incident took place when the child was returning from school with her grandparents on a scooter. CCTV footage showed two bike-borne men attempting to snatch the child. Police said during the scuffle, the scooter fell on the road. Moments later, some men and a woman arrived in a car, forcibly picked up the girl and fled from the spot.

Police said that the child'...