Surathkal: An attempt to kidnap a child standing in front of the residence was captured on the CCTV camera installed on the premises of Chokkabettu Jumma Masjid in the jurisdiction of the Surathkal Police Station on Monday night.

There had been a power outage across Surathkal around 9 pm on Monday. A child was standing outside their residence opposite the Chokkabettu Jumma Masjid, when a person wearing a blue T-shirt approached the child. The man held the child’s hand, saying, “Your elder brother is inside the car. Come”, and attempted to take the child's away.

The child, however, pulled away his hand from the stranger’s hand and, asserting that his brother was inside the house, ran inside. Later, the individual who attempted to kidnap the child fled the scene. The entire episode of the man trying to kidnap the child was captured on the CCTV camera installed on the premises of the opposite Masjid and has since gone viral on social media.

The Surathkal Police visited the site, conducted an inquiry, and acquired the CCTV footage of the occurrence. An investigation is underway.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).