The son of a retired IAS officer and his friends — abducted by a seven-member gang from IMT Manesar sector-3 on Saturday night — were rescued after the intervention of the Gurugram police in early hours of Sunday.
However, the abductors are still at large and police teams are hunting the accused.
According to police, Ishaan Sharma, Michael and Sumit Kumar were abducted from liquor wend located at IMT Manesar Sector-3. The accused held them at gunpoint, dragged them to the rear seat of their endeavour car and drove towards Manesar, said police. Michael, a resident of Gurugram, is a son of retired IAS Officer; Sumit is a businessman and runs a factory in Manesar area and Ishaan is the owner of the car.
During the abduction, the accused snatched some cash and jewellery and Audi car from the victims and ask for Rs 5 crore as ransom, said police.
“Sumit told them they will hand over the cash once he reached his company.The accused took them to his company in Manesar. When they reached their Sumit went inside his company to collect cash while Micheal and Ishaan were held hostage in the Audi car outside. Meanwhile, Sumit called for help and sensing that something was fishy, the abductors took Ishaan and Micheal in their car and fled from the spot towards Jhajjar.
“Sumit immediately informed police about the incident and a case was registered against unknown persons under relevant sections of IMT Manesar sector-7 police station on Saturday,” said police. A team was formed and hunts were on to nab the accused person.
"We put pressure on the accused and because of this they released the victims with their car at Jhajjar Bypass and fled from the spot. Further probe is underway. The accused will be put behind the bar soon,” said SHO Narender Yadav of IMT Manesar sector-7 police station.