Five criminal were arrested for kidnapping a trader for ransom while one still at large.
Working on a tip-off police arrested Amit Paul, Pradeep Kumar, Romi, dhananjay Rawani and Prahalad on Wednesday. We are conduction raids to arrest one of their associate involved in kidnapping, said SP Bokaro.
“Police also recovered two country made pistols, live bullets, five mobile phones and one SUV used for kidnapping”, added SP.
A trader Vijay Prasad of Dunbdibag Bazar was kidnapped on 1 May 2016 and a ransom of Rs 30 lakh was demanded form his family but later he was released. Vijay was abducted near Bokaro MlA’s residence at Sector 1 at 11.30 PM when he was on his way to home, police said.
later the kidnappers gave a ransom call to his brother Tarkeshwar Prasad and demanded Rs 30 lakhs. They called Prasad at Balrampur in Purulia district of West Bengal to deliver the cash next morning. The deal was finalized; Tarkeshwar also informed the police and a team in civil dress leaves for Balrampur in the wee hours.
Vijay was released by the kidnappers next morning at 9.30 am, he was kept at Santhaldih under Pindrajora police station at Chas whole night, rushed to his home and told the story to the police.
At Balrampur the kidnappers collected the cash from the team but later after knowing about the police they left the cash and escaped, police said.
Vijay’s one neighbor Amit Paul was involved in this kidnapping, he gave the information to his associates before kidnapping. Among the kidnappers two hails from Dhanbad, two from Bokaro and one of them is from Purulia district of West Bengal, police said.