Four miscreants including a local BJP leader have been arrested in connection with the attack on noted dentist of the State Capital. The mastermind of the crime, BJP
leader Nishant Satsangi told police that he had hatched conspiracy to extort ransom from the doctor.
The miscreants wanted to abduct the doctor for ransom of `2 crore, but in the presence of doctor’s daughter, the conspiracy failed.
Neeraj Jawade and Akash Dahia used to work with Nishant Satsangi, who was the mastermind behind the kidnapping while Yogesh Solanki and Dheeraj Sharma alias Nikki were friends. Nikki has been booked for around 24-25 cases by MP Nagar police.
Notably, three armed miscreants had attacked dentist Dr Akhilesh Jain in Arera Colony on August 21, when he was going with his daughter Paridhi. In the attack, Dr Jain had sustained injuries and was admitted in a private hospital.
SHO of Habibganj police Sudhir Arjaria said that the main accused Nishant Satsangi was burdened with a loan of `40 lakh and to repay the loan he had planned kidnapping of Dr Akhilesh Jain.
In the initial investigation after the suspects were found in CCTV footage, search for the miscreants was intensified and Dheeraj Sharma alias Nikki (36) and Neeraj Jawade (35) were detained who confirmed involved on Nishant Satsangi (33), Akash Dahia (22) and Yogesh Solanki.
All the accused except Yogesh have been nabbed and search for the absconding accused has been started.
The accused were nabbed after a Maruti Alto car which was witnessed near the spot and followed the car of the victims.
The mastermind of kidnapping was Nishant Satsangi who had borrowed `40 lakh. He used to visit the dentist regularly along with his other family members. Seeing that there was a long queue at Dr Jain’s clinic, he planned to kidnap the doctor.
The accused had contested State Assembly elections from Bhopal constituency on BSP’s ticket. later, he joined BJP in the year 2013. Nishant has been witnessed with top BJP leaders in the past. He had written ‘Bharat Gaan’ which made inroads into the party and facilitated his acquaintance with BJP leaders. His Facebook profile is full of photographs with all the senior party leaders including national BJP president Amit Shah, State BJP president Nandkumar Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Member of Parliament Alok Sanjar and others.
Police said that the four miscreants have to escape the spot in victim’s car after their plan failed.