In an achievement of sorts, the Dehradun police was able to get the missing Meerut businessman Manoj Kumar Gupta released from the clutches of his abductors from Hapur town of Western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The police have also arrested two persons involved in the sensational case.
Informing about the success of police in the case which had become point of talk in the city, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dehradun, Sadanand Date told media persons at his office on Sunday that following the pressure created by the police the abducted businessman was released by his captors in Hapur on Saturday.
He said that the main conspirator, Vinay alias Tinku is still at large. The SSP did not rule out honey trap angle in the case and said that the police are in look out for one Mamta Masih, who was with the businessman when he was abducted. The police have arrested Vikas Kumar and Ambuj Tyagi both residents of Police station, Muzzafarnagar and employed with Vodafone Company for helping the abductors by providing them Sim cards on fake identity.
The SSP said that the aim of the police was to ensure safe release of the businessman and it was successful in its endeavor in a short span of time. On February 19, the Premnagar police station was informed that Gupta who is a resident of Meerut in UP went missing from his farmhouse located in Dunga area of Premnagar.
The domestic help of the businessman informed Police that Gupta (39 years) accompanied by one woman arrived in the guest house on the previous night and when he visited the place in morning he found Gupta and the woman missing. The phone of the businessman was not traceable and bedroom had some blood stains. On inquiry police found that Manoj Gupta holds a stake in SDS Global hospital in Modipuram Meerut and is also in real estate business. Gupta has farmhouse in Dehradun and used to frequent it regularly.
The SSP said that special teams of the police were set up in the case and the entire operation was personally monitored by him. The police teams conducted extensive questioning and research at many places in Meerut, Muzzaffarnagar, Hapur and Ghaziabad and managed to find Gupta.
On presence of blood stains from the bed sheets, the SSP said that the when Gupta was being overpowered his lip got injured resulting in release of blood. The police team included Circle office Vikasnagar, Swapan Kumar, CO city Manoj Katyal, Sub Inspector (SI) Premnagar, Yashpal Singh, SI Abul Kalam, SI Mukesh Tyagi, SI Dilbar Singh, SI Yadvendra Bajwa, SI Girish Negi, SI Ravi Saini, SI Kamal Hassan of Special Operation Group (SOG), SI Kishan Devarani and SI Jitendra Kumar.