Mangaluru: Police on Saturday nabbed three persons in connection with the attempt to kidnap minor children at Konchady area here on January 13.

According to sources, the trio had come on bikes and tried to kidnap small children playing near the Mahalasa temple at Konchady by throwing gunny bags on them. Fortunately, the children managed to escape, City Police Commissioner N Sashi Kumar informed reporters on Saturday. He said that all the three have criminal cases against them in different police stations. 

The accused told the police that they made the attempt just as a prank for uploading the video on YouTube. 

The three were produced before the court and sent to police custody for two days, and the real motive behind the crime is being investigated, Kumar said.