The girl was abducted on Monday from Oyoor town and was found abandoned, but safe, at a ground in Kollam city the next day. Since then, police have been on the hunt for the kidnappers.
Later, the investigation confirmed that the woman boarded an autorickshaw from Link Road near Kollam KSRTC bus stand to reach the spot where the child was later abandoned.
Goons hired by a woman to set on fire her estranged son's motorbike have allegedly attacked and vandalised her house after an argument over the "payment" she owed them for their criminal act, police said on Monday.