Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested three persons for kidnapping a 28-year-old man and making an extortion call of Rs 30 lakh to the family in the state capital. One of the accused managed to escape.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told The Pioneer that the arrested men were Francis Manjhi (32), Piyush Raichura (32) and Aameen Ali (28), all residents of Raipur.
The man who escaped was identified as Rohan alias Sandeep.
Both Piyush and Aameen lived in Moudahapara locality and Francis in WRS Colony in Raipur.
The victim, Aamir Sohail, was abducted at knifepoint from Shankar Nagar in the state capital on Wednesday night.
His family started getting frequent extortion calls from the kidnappers. The abductors asked to pay Rs 30 lakh or face dire consequences.
Following the family’s complaint, police started a probe.
Based on the technical analysis of phone numbers and call detail record (CDR) data, police succeeded in nabbing one of the accused, Aameen, from Bhatagaon area when he was waiting for the victim's family to bring the ransom money.
He told the police regarding the whereabouts of other kidnappers and the victim. Police rescued the abducted man from the abductors near the jungles of Ghata Rani at Abhanpur area of the district.
Police recovered two cars (CG-04, HV-7621 and CG- 04, L K-8394) used in the crime for abduction besides a rope and a knife.