Gunga police has nabbed three kidnappers and rescued a 19-year-old boy from Lambakheda New bypass late in the night on Tuesday. The victim was abducted from Kalukhedi village from a car.
The police said that late in the night, Kamla Bai lodged a complaint that three accused had kidnapped her son Mahendra Singh from a car and escaped towards Bhopal. Acting swiftly, police alerted nearby patrolling parties, out posts and police stations which helped to track the kidnappers near Lambakheda.
Based on the information, a team was rushed towards Eithkhedi Lambakheda to search a car bearing registration number MP04CH5444 and during the search, the car was traced behind a dhaba and when it was checked, kidnappers and victim were found in the car. The victim was rescued by police.
The accused were identified as Nikhil Malik (21) of Karond, Ramawatar alias Raja Sharma (21) of Navi Bagh and Ravi Sen of Karond. The police have registered a case under section 365 of the IPC and started further investigation.
The main accused Nikhil told the police that he had dues of Rs 1 lakh on Mahendra’s father Nihal Singh for some catering goods and work but he used to escape with excuses due to which he kidnapped Nihal’s son.
The two others are friends of the main accused and helped in the crime. The car is registered in the name of Nikhil’s father. Details of the accused are under investigation and no crime records of the three have been found. The nearby police stations would be informed to provide