Four persons were arrested here on Monday after an 11-year old son of a businessman in a village near here was allegedly kidnapped for ransom and murdered.
Police said the arrested persons include a distant relative of the boy. Yash alias Aryan, son of medicine trader Prakash Gupta in Baikunthpur village, was abducted last evening while he was on his way to his father's shop near his residence.later, the abductors called up Gupta on his mobile phone and demanded a ransom of Rs20 lakh, police said, that they also threatened Gupta of dire consequences if he approached the police.
However, when other traders came to know about the incident, they downed shutters of their shops and demanded immediate release of the abducted boy.On knowing about the case, the police launched a hunt, to trace the abductors on the basis of their mobile location. However, kidnappers on Sunday night called up Gupta and doubled the ransom amount to Rs40 lakh for Yash's release, police said.
Yash's body was found in Janakhai forest area in the morning, police said. The residents of the area staged a protest in front of the local police station, demanding immediate arrest of the accused.After investigations, police zeroed in on the victim's distant uncle Rohit Gupta and three others — Sourabh Soni, Sudhir Soni and Nashile Koli — and arrested them. Police said the mastermind of the crime, Gaurav Vishwakarma, is still missing.