This is the moment a young boy is kidnapped in front of his mother on their own doorstep in east India.

CCTV footage shows the boy standing outside the gate of his home with his mother and sibling when two men on a moped drive up.

After distracting the boy's mother by asking her a favour, one of the men is able to grab hold of the boy, and drive away with him.

Kidnap: The boy's mother is holding one of her children when the two kidnappers arrive at their gate during the school run

The incident took place in Morbi, Gujarat state, when the mother, reportedly the wife of a wealthy businessman, was sending her two children to school.

The surveillance camera footage shows her seemingly waiting for a school bus with her daughter in her arms and her son standing next to them.

The two children's school backpacks can be seen on the ground by the gate of the house.

Two men drive up on a moped, and one of them jumps off and asks the mother to call her brother-in-law, News18 reports.

Plan: The kidnappers reportedly ask the mother for a favour, to make a phone call to her brother-in-law, and she puts the boy down to oblige

When the mother turns her back, the kidnapper snatch the boy and jump into the moped

Shock: The kidnappers drive off the the boy and the mother can only run after them

When she puts her daughter down and goes to oblige, the man grabs hold of the boy and jumps onto the back of the moped.

The footage shows the helpless mother run after the moped.

Local news reported that the two men did not make it far, and that they were tracked down some nine miles down the road.

Another video shows the accused kidnapped being beaten up by an angry mob.

Local police report that they are questioning the accused, and that the boy was unharmed during the kidnapping.