Two seven-year-old girls helped arrest an alleged child kidnapper from outside their school in Madhavpura area of the city, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place on Saturday. The girls, who arrived at the school with their fathers, pointed out a man who they said had been offering them sweets for the past few days.
The two parents then caught the man, who tried to escape, but passers-by came to the help, and he was handed over to the police.
"The alertness of Neha Palival and Shirali Chavda, both studying in class three of H B Kapadia school, helped us arrest Dhiraj Vaghela who is suspected to be a child kidnapper," police inspector Shaktisinh Parmar said.
He said the 40-year-old Vaghela had been approaching the girls for the past few days outside the school, and trying to entice them by offering chocolates and ice-cream.
Talking to mediapersons, Nisha and Shirali said the man had also taken their pictures using mobile phone, and would tell them that their school was not good, he would take them to a better school.
Further investigation is on.