Rajiv Kumar, an engineer working with HCl technology ltd Noida, was allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday from Ghaziabad while he was on his way to Haridwar to meet his wife. A day after, his wife allegedly received a ransom demand of worth Rs 15 lakh from kidnappers on her WhatsApp number for her husband’s release.
According to the police on Wednesday Kumar a resident of Nandgram locality in Ghaziabad took a cab provided by the company for going to his office located in Noida and back home. While on his way back the cab left him on the road side bus stand near Raj Nagar Extension.
Thereafter he allegedly waited for the bus to go to Haridwar to meet his wife. But he did not reach there.
“By then his phone was in active mode but after 8 pm it remained switched off” told his wife Renu to the police.
However after returning from Haridwar Renu found her husband missing but she kept on waiting.
While on Thursday late at night she received a text message on her WhatsApp from kidnappers in which they demanded Rs 15,00,000 in lieu of her husband’s release. They allegedly threatened her against going to Police in lieu of seeing her husband alive.
However she reached Sihani Gate Police Station on Thursday where her complaint was lodged.
“We have initiated investigation and have constituted three teams of competent police officers to work out the case immediately. She provided us the screenshots of the message from kidnappers on which basis we have traced their location. We hope we will nab the criminals soon since we have traced their location” said Atish Kumar Singh Circle Officer city (II).