Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday revealed that they helped rescue a 50-year-old Delhi businessman kidnapped and tortured in Kashmir for three days. He was reportedly rescued within six hours of his wife’s first call to DCW’s Women Helpline (181).
“A woman informed the Helpline that her husband was kidnapped in Kashmir. He was an apple businessman and traded between Kashmir and Delhi. He brought apples from Kashmir and supplied in bulk at Azadpur Mandi. His wife said he was abducted 3 days back from Srinagar’s Barqat Hotel and was kept in Pulwama,” DCW spokesperson stated.
“The man somehow managed to inform his wife on October 12 that the people who have kidnapped him will kill him by October 14. He pleaded for help and urged his wife to take action,” DCW spokesperson stated in the official release.
On reaching the police station in Delhi the woman alleged that Delhi Police said it was not in their jurisdiction. They suggested the woman to get her complaint registered in Kashmir. She told the helpline that she went to the SDM and senior officers of Delhi Police.
“A call was received on October 13 around 11 am. Delhi immediately coordinated with 181WHL Jammu and Kashmir and urged for immediate action.
Police personnel’s in Srinagar and Shopian district were alerted and the matter was briefed to them. Around 5 pm in the evening the man was recovered by J&K police.
The accused and the businessman were brought to Zainapora police station in Shopian District,” the commission revealed.
No FIR was registered, said the commission, adding that the survivor gave his statement in Srinagar SDM office and was taken to Srinagar court. At present he is in Delhi trying to recover from the tragic incident.
DCW Chief Swati Maliwal said “we receive cases from all over India and we try our best to help each and every woman in distress irrespective of our jurisdiction.”