Noida Police have arrested two notorious criminals for their involvement in kidnapping of Rathin Basu, the CEO of Alstom Company in March, this year. The kidnappers Awadhesh and Dinesh, both residents of Bulandshahr district, carrying reward of Rs 15,000 each were arrested during a special checking at Noida-Ghaziabad border near Sector 63 on Tuesday night. Police has also recovered two pistols from them.
Police received a tip off that the duo would come to the city with a motive to commit another crime. Several police teams were deployed at all entry points of the city and special checking was conducted. At around 7 am, both criminals were intercepted by the police in Sector 63 and were nabbed after a brief encounter. "We have been tracing both the accused after the incident. We sounded alert on a tip off and tracked them through police surveillance," said Yogesh Singh, Superintendent of Police (City), Noida.
It may be recalled that Rathin Basu, CEO of Alstom India, was kidnapped by the duo near Sector 71 when he was returning home (Sector 44) from office on March 16. They kept Basu in Pandav Nagar, Meerut at Noida-based businessman Akhand Pratap Singh’s house. Singh was the mastermind of the case. However, the joint team of Meerut Police and Gautambudh Nagar Police managed to rescue the victim within eight hours of his kidnapping.
Police also arrested Naresh Thakur, Sanjay Thakur and Narendra Mali during their operation in Meerut. On March 17, Akhand Pratap Singh was also arrested by Noida Police from ATS green society in Faridabad. Awadhesh and Dinesh had been absconding eversince.