Udupi: A day after kidnaping a child of a Bagalkote-based couple from Karavali Bypass was arrested by the Kumta police on Monday, July 12.

The arrested is identified as Parasu.

The couple, Bharathi and Arun, and their son Shivraj (2.4 years) are from the Muddhol taluk in Bagalkot district.

Since the lockdown began the couple, who are migrant workers, have been living in a shed near the Karavali Bypass.

A man claiming to be from Bagalkote district recently acquainted himself with the couple.

On Sunday morning, he took the child from the couple saying that he wants to take him to the tea shop but did not return.

The accused and the child will be brought back to Udupi on  Monday, July 12 informed the police.