<p>Police in central California were searching on Tuesday for four family members who were abducted a day earlier from a business in the city of Merced under mysterious circumstances.</p>.<p>Among the victims of the bizarre crime were an 8-month-old girl, Aroohi Dheri, who was abducted along with her mother Jasleen Kaur, 27, and father Jasdeep Singh, 36. Also taken against his will was the baby's uncle, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh.</p>.<p>The Merced County Sheriff's Department asked for the public's help in solving the case but said the suspects were considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached by civilians.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/punjab-kin-of-indian-origin-family-kidnapped-in-us-in-state-of-shock-1150779.html" target="_blank">Punjab: Kin of Indian-origin family kidnapped in US in state of shock</a></strong></p>.<p>"We have a low-life out there that kidnapped an 8-month old baby, her mom, her dad and her uncle," Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said in a videotaped message.</p>.<p>"So far we have no 'why' of the kidnapping; we have no motivation behind it," the sheriff said. "We just know that they are gone."</p>.<p>The unknown kidnappers had sought to "cover their tracks," Warnke said, adding that authorities were using aircraft to assist in their search operation.</p>.<p>Photos of the suspects released by the sheriff's department, apparently gleaned from surveillance footage, showed two men whose faces were obscured by medical-style masks. One of them was holding a plastic bag.</p>.<p>Merced is a working-class California city of more than 80,000 people roughly 70 miles west of Yosemite National Park and that prides itself on being known as the "Gateway to Yosemite."</p>
<p>Police in central California were searching on Tuesday for four family members who were abducted a day earlier from a business in the city of Merced under mysterious circumstances.</p>.<p>Among the victims of the bizarre crime were an 8-month-old girl, Aroohi Dheri, who was abducted along with her mother Jasleen Kaur, 27, and father Jasdeep Singh, 36. Also taken against his will was the baby's uncle, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh.</p>.<p>The Merced County Sheriff's Department asked for the public's help in solving the case but said the suspects were considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached by civilians.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/punjab-kin-of-indian-origin-family-kidnapped-in-us-in-state-of-shock-1150779.html" target="_blank">Punjab: Kin of Indian-origin family kidnapped in US in state of shock</a></strong></p>.<p>"We have a low-life out there that kidnapped an 8-month old baby, her mom, her dad and her uncle," Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said in a videotaped message.</p>.<p>"So far we have no 'why' of the kidnapping; we have no motivation behind it," the sheriff said. "We just know that they are gone."</p>.<p>The unknown kidnappers had sought to "cover their tracks," Warnke said, adding that authorities were using aircraft to assist in their search operation.</p>.<p>Photos of the suspects released by the sheriff's department, apparently gleaned from surveillance footage, showed two men whose faces were obscured by medical-style masks. One of them was holding a plastic bag.</p>.<p>Merced is a working-class California city of more than 80,000 people roughly 70 miles west of Yosemite National Park and that prides itself on being known as the "Gateway to Yosemite."</p>