In connection with the alleged kidnapping of a Meerut- based businessman Manoj Gupta from Premnagar, Dehradun police arrested Monu Tyagi alias Sachin Tyagi, a member of the gang led by the dreaded criminal Vinay Tyagi on Tuesday. Earlier, in connection with the same case, the police had arrested 10 criminals – Vinay Tyagi, Monu Tyagi, Keshav Sharma, Bhudev alias Bhura, native of Amroha, Pintu, native of Ghaziabad and Manoj Jatav alias Mannu, native of Muzaffarnagar, Mamta Masih, Ambuj Tyagi, Vikas Kumar, Keshav Sharma- allegedly involved in the case that happened in Muzaffarnagar on March 23, 2016.
Monu Tyagi, the last of the accused remained fugitive while carrying a reward of Rs 5000 on his head.
SP City Ajay Singh had formed a team led by CO to nab the accused.
On receiving a tip- off of Monu coming to the court campus, the team members reached the place and arrested the accused from Prince Chowk. As police grilled the accused he revealed that he had several cases tagged to him in several police stations of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.
It should be mentioned here that Gupta and his friend Mamta had gone missing from his farm house in Premnagar area in Dehradun on February 18 night, 2016. Investigation had revealed that mastermind of the kidnapping was Vinay Tyagi, husband of a block Pramukh (Purkaji- Muzaffarnagar), Western Uttar Pradesh who had remained fugitive. Dehradun police got Manoj released from the clutches of his abductors from Hapur of Western Uttar Pradesh on February 21 2016 without the abducted paying any money. Dehradun police had later arrested Mamta Maseeh from Delhi on February 22, 2016 for her alleged involvement in the case.