Working on a tip-off Bokaro police arrested four goons for kidnapping of a school boy and recovered ransom amount of 5 lakhs rupees from their possession on Wednesday.
During interrogation goons admitted that they killed the boy and dumped his body in the forest near GT Road, Barhi, police said. “We are yet to find the body, searches are on”, added police.
Among the four youths arrested, one is identified as Vivek Singh (20) is a son of a police constable Meena Singh, Satish Mishra (21) resident of Sector 3/C – 112, Sanjiv Kumar (20) Sector 3/D – 765 and Sanjay Kumar (21) a resident of Dhobi Mohalla sector-1, said Sahadeo Sah City DSP Bokaro. “Vivek, Satish and Sanjiv are the student of BA 1 st year at BS City College”, he added.
Sudhanshu (11) a Class 6 student of St Xavier’s School Bokaro gone missing when he was on his way to home on November 26. Their Parents got a ransom call of rupees 20 lakhs on 27 November; the kidnappers threatened to kill the boy if they informed the police.
Sudhansu was presently residing at Sector 4C/3036 with his uncle Maniji Singh, working as Assistant at the DIG Koylanchal office Bokaro. His father Amlesh Kumar Singh is a farmer.
During their interrogation kidnappers told police, they hired a SUV Swift Dezire (JH 09 0511) and abducted Sudhanshu when he was on his way to home. They first driven to Chhapra (Bihar) in the native place of Vivek, stayed one night and planned to hide the boy at Chhapra but failed. later they decided to come back to Bokaro, said S K Singh, OC Sector 4 police station.
On the way of returning near Barhi they throttled to kill the boy and dumped the body in the nearby forest on the GT Road. After killing Sudhanshu goons made a ransom call for Rs 20 lakhs to his father Amlesh Kumar Singh and told to free the boy on 1 December. Singh paid them Rs 5 lakhs rupees, police said.
While returning to Bokaro their car made with an accident near Bermo as they were heavily dunked, police said. Keeping their mobile on surveillance goons were arrested from their homes at Bokaro on Wednesday, OC said. Though, we did not found the body, our investigations are ‘on’; hope boy may be alive, said DSP.