A district court here on Wednesday sentenced three persons for ten years of imprisonment for attempt to kidnap and attempt to murder a dentist in the year 2015 in Arera Colony while two accused have been exonerated.
On Wednesday in the district court ADJ Ajay Singh Thakur sentenced the accused Dheeraj Sharma (36), Neeraj Jawade (35) and Yogesh Solanki (38) while Nishant Satsangi (37) and Akash Dahaiya (23) have been exonerated.
BJP leader Nishant was granted bail by high court after serving imprisonment for one year. He was accused as master mind of the crime as he was heavily burdened with debt and to repay he planned the kidnap along with the accomplices.
The accused who have been found guilty by the court used to work with Nishant.
Dheeraj used to work as reporter, Neeraj used to work as RTO agent and Yogesh used to work as contractor.
Notably, three armed miscreants had attacked dentist Dr Akhilesh Jain in Arera Colony on August 21, when he was going with his daughter Paridhi in the car. In the attack, Dr Jain had sustained injuries and was admitted in a private hospital. Nishant had in police interrogation told that he was burdened with a loan of Rs 40 lakh and to repay the loan he had planned kidnapping of Dr Akhilesh Jain and extort ransom from the doctor of Rs 2 crore but the kidnapping foiled after one of the kidnappers got injured and the victims Akhilesh along with his daughter escaped the spot.
In the initial investigation after the suspects were found in CCTV footage, search for the miscreants was intensified and Dheeraj Sharma alias Nikki and Neeraj Jawade were detained who confirmed involvement of Nishant, Akash and Yogesh.