California, Oct 4 (IANS): An India-origin couple, their adult relative and an eight-month-old child were kidnapped from Merced County in California, US, authorities said.

Merced County Sheriff's Office on Monday, said in a statement that 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh, 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, their eight-month-old child and relative 39-year-old Amandeep Singh were taken "against their will from a business."

They have asked for public's help in locating the four missing persons.

"He (the suspect) is described as a light-complected male with a shaved head. He was last seen wearing a hoodie. We consider the suspect to be armed and dangerous," it added.

Merced County Sheriff's Office also shared a photograph of the suspect on its Facebook and Twitter handle

Mystery surrounds the kidnapping of four members of an Indian-origin family, including an eight-month-old baby, in California, while a round-the-clock search is on for them, according to the local sheriff.

Aroohi Dheri, along with her parents, Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36, and uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39, was kidnapped by a "lowlife" who is "armed and dangerous", Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said in a video message on Monday night.

"So far, we have no idea why the kidnapping, we have no motivation behind it," he said.

He said that the kidnapper has not made any contact and, as of Monday night, there was no ransom demand.

The Sheriff's Office circulated pictures of the alleged suspect and described him "as a light-complected male with a shaved head".

Merced County is about 225 km from San Francisco in the San Joaquin Valley, a predominantly agricultural area.