A girl and her boyfriend were arrested and forwarded to court by Bonei police on Saturday allegedly for kidnapping a petrol pump owner and demanding ransom from his family.
According to sources, a girl identified as Kamala alias Nikita Tanty (22) along with her boyfriend Chris Paulus Soy alias Karn and his two other associates had planned to kidnap Debu Gupta (50), owner of Kusumdih Petrol Pump, situated at Kusumdih under Koira police station and take huge ransom from his family.
As per their plan, Kamala dialed regularly to Debu on her mobile phone for five days and befriended with him. On April 8 evening, Kamala
Invited Debu to meet her near Kamanda school at Kusumdih. When Debu went there, it was not Kamala but her boyfriend Chris and his other two associates had come to the spot. They abducted Debu and took him to a forest there. On April 8 night, they dialled in the mobile of Debu to his family members and demanded ransomof `50 lakh. When midnight appeared, they apprehended of being nabbed and snatched the gold bracelet from Debu and also his mobile.
After the trio fled the spot, Debu managed to free himself and ran out of the forest. He stopped a dumper which dropped him near his house. Thereafter, Debu lodged a FIR in Koira police station. Koira police after registering a case started investigating the case.
On Saturday, police officials of Bonei sub division arrested Chris, a resident of Kusumdih under Koira police station and Kamala of Barsuan under lahunipada police station. During interrogation police could come to know that they had sold the bracelet of Debu for `27,000 and took `9,000 each. Kamala had not got any amount. Police seized three mobiles from the duo. The two others involved in the case were absconding.