Special Task Force (STF), UP, on Sunday, arrested six persons on the charges of kidnapping and extracting ransom amount from a Brick Kiln owner in Hamirpur district.
Those arrested were identified as Bhupendra aka Anu, Shiv Narayan aka Golu, Rajendra, Raja Bhaiya Yadav, Pintu Gautum and Bachha lal Kewat, all of Chitrakoot district. Confessing their crime, the miscreants told to police that they had kidnapped Hamirpur native Atul Kumar Gupta on March 22. At the time of kidnapping, Gupta was returning his home.
The police said Bachha lal Kewat and one his aide Ram Babu identified Gupta on the fateful day. The miscreants forcibly got the victim stopped and then took him to a place where they get him bundled in a SUV to leave for another destination in Jhansi. The miscreants held the ‘pakad’ captive with another miscreant Sardar Singh lakara custody. lakara later demanded the ransom of Rs 2 lakh from Gupta family and released him after his family paid the cash. The police recovered Rs 1.53 lakh in cash, 7 mobile phones, an SUV and a motorcycle which was used in executing the crime.