Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Insiya Hemani, kidnapped in Amsterdam and taken to India
Undated photo of Insiya Hemani, kidnapped from her mother's home in Amsterdam when she was 2 - Credit: Photo: Politie
Crime
amber alert
Amsterdam
custody battle
Insiya Hemani
kidnapping
police
Shehzad Hemani
Monday, 3 October 2016 - 11:05
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Amsterdam kidnapping a calculated plot: report

Shehzad Hemani very carefully prepared for the kidnapping of his 2-year-old daughter Insiya in Amsterdam last week, according to AT5. He was spotted observing his ex's house for hours before the kidnapping. "On Wednesday morning around 11 o'clock I saw a man watching the apartment where Insiya stayed with her mother for some time", a neighbor said to the Telegraaf. The neighbor describes the man as an neatly dressed Indian man. "Only after I later learned of the kidnapping and saw a picture of the father did I make the connection." The neighbor is completely sure that the man she saw was 37-year-old Shehzad Hemani. She informed the police of what she saw. Insiya was kidnapped from her mother's home in Amsterdam around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Three men came to take her away. A local resident managed to overpower one of them and hold him until he was arrested by the police. The other two got away with the toddler. The police believe that father Shehzad Hemani is behind Insiya's kidnapping. According to Het Parool, Insiya's parents were in the midst of a custody battle. So far there is no new information about the toddler's whereabouts.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Three Dutch universities in top 100 world ranking; Leiden drops to top 150
  • MH17 court ruling set for 17 Nov. as Russia reportedly detains MH17 defendant
  • Another passenger arrested for sharing pic of crashed plane, this time at Schiphol
  • Orientation periods start at many Dutch universities
  • Nature organizations also won't budge in nitrogen negotiations with Dutch gov't
  • Heat wave coming to a close with week of rain showers

Top stories

  • Young homeless people often can't find room in shelters
  • Netherlands lagging behind in purchase of coronavirus pill
  • Asylum seekers clash in Ter Apel; "A nasty situation," State Secretary says
  • Officially warmest August 14 since measurements began
  • NS on track for record year of delays, malfunctions; Plans underway for faster Airport Sprinter
  • Dutch publisher to reprint Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content