: Police have arrested four youths in connection with the kidnapping of a senior executive of the Shyam Metallics & Energy ltd.
Jharsuguda SDPO Purushottam Sethi told reporters on Thursday that Satish Sharma (27), Apoorv Dey (28), Vinod Oram (30) and Kailash alias Raja Chaini (22) had kidnapped Shambhu Sharma along with his car at gunpoint near the Black Diamond Engineering College on Sunday morning. On Monday, they made Sharma call his wife and asked a ransom of for Rs 10 lakh.
As per an arrangement, Sharma’s accountant handed over the sum to the accused, following which Sharma was set free at Purna village.
After learning about the incident, police made a series of raids based on local intelligence inputs and captured the four accused along with Rs 10 lakh cash, a loaded pistol, a dagger, a Bolero car and four motorbikes. Two members of the gang are still absconding, and police are confident that they would be apprehended soon.
The arrested persons were forwarded to the SDJM Court on Thursday.