The Commissionerate Police on Monday arrested a notorious criminal and two of his associates on the charges of kidnapping, demanding ransom and possessing lethal weapons from Sundarpada area under the Airfield Police Station limits.
Speaking at a Press conference here on Tuesday, Police Commissioner RP Sharma said on Monday some anti-social elements led by notorious history sheeter Duryodhan Nayak alias Tuan had abducted Somesh Panda, a resident of Sundari Village in Baleswar district, from hotel Janaat Palace in Bapuji Nagar in a black Maruti Swift car( OR O2- BX-O929) and took him to a forest near Aryan College at Jamukoli and later shifted him to other places.
During their stay at the hideouts, they demanded Rs5 lakh from the victim’s relation for his release. The culprits also took away two gold rings, Rs7,200 cash and a mobile phone of the victim.
On Monday at about 10 pm, while the culprits were shifting the victim to a new hideout near Punama Gate, three of them were caught by a police team and the rest two managed to escape. The victim was rescued by the police in injured condition and shifted to the Capital Hospital for treatment. The police seized the Maruti car, four iron rods and four mobile phones from the culprits’ possession.
The prime accused Tuan is a veteran anti-social. Earlier, he was involved in a number of criminal cases in various parts of the city and was active since 2011.