District police have solved case in which a 19-year-old engineering student was abducted; it was revealed that victim along with his sister and two others planned of his kidnap to repay loan availed by sister.
Four accused including victim and his sister were nabbed for executing fake kidnapping in which Ayush Choubey, his sister Ruchika Choubey and their neighbor Gaurav Jain were arrested said DIG Bhopal Dharmendra Choudhary while speaking with media persons at a press conference on Friday.
After the kidnap family members and Ruchika received phone from mobile number 7024442424, demanding ransom of Rs 1 crore and they were threatened not to report the kidnapping with the police. Aishbagh police registered a case under section 364 A of the IPC and started investigation.
Kidnapers asked to shed Rs 1 crore at Crescent Water Park Sehore on December 25 but failed to appear and collect. Later when police investigated the close ones of the family and neighbours, in which it was found that their neighbor Gaurav Jain was involved in suspicious activities. Jain was trapped from Bhopal railway station when he returned from Agra.
Police grilled Jain and he confessed the kidnapping which was fabricated with the help of victim, his sister and Atul Katholia.
The nabbed accused revealed that Ruchika was indebted with heavy loan and to repay the loan they planned fake kidnapping.
The family was having ancestral land in Jabalpur which was scheduled to divide among family members and her father would have received good amount but it was taking time due to which she planned fake kidnapping so that relatives would dispose the property speedily to provide money for Ayush’s release.
The accused used the mobile phone for ransom calls in moving train to make the tracking difficult.