LONDON, March 20 (UPI) -- British authorities have charged three men and a woman in the kidnapping of an 11-year-old boy, the BBC reported Saturday.
The boy, who was held hostage for more than 24 hours, was subsequently reunited with his family and was physically unharmed.
Ravideep Babu, Sukhminder Dhaliwal, Amerjit Dhaliwal, and Ayisha Choudrey, were scheduled to appear in court Saturday charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and blackmail.
Scotland Yard said seven other people had been released on bail in the case.
The boy was abducted from a street and his parents were later contacted and told to pay a ransom of $75,000.
Around 150 British police officers were mobilized in a search for the unidentified boy, with help from the local Asian community.
The child, said to be "shocked and traumatized," was found unharmed in a locked bedroom in Southall Thursday night.
Details of the boy's rescue were not immediately disclosed.
