A 22-year-old architecture student, kidnapped from South East Delhi’s New Friends Colony (NFC) on Monday, is finally home. Kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore, which was whittled down to Rs 35 lakh. later the angst-ridden kidnappers had Rehan reach home in an autorickshaw from Anand Vihar bus terminus.
The case is being investigated by South East district and investigation revealed that one of the kidnappers belonged to Jamia. After the Batla House encounter in 2008, for the first time, a raid was conducted there by Delhi Police.
Police said Rehan, a resident of Shaheen Bagh, was kidnapped by five people on September 23 near NFC. “He was injected with a hypodermic needle and drugged whenever he refused alcohol,” a senior police officer said.
Pursuing an internship at a private firm on lodhi Road, Rehan told police he was driving to work on September 23 when a tempo rammed into his car at NFC. “Five people waylaid him. He was sedated only to later wake up in a room in an undisclosed location,” said the officer.
His family got worried when Rehan did not return home. His father, Mohammad laik Khan, an MCD executive engineer, received a ransom call from Rehan’s cell phone. The callers demanded liberation money of Rs 1 crore.
“laik Khan informed police. After a case of abduction was registered, crack teams were formed. The ransom calls were made successively on September 24, 25 and 26. The payoff was negotiated by the victim’s father and scaled down to Rs 35 lakh,” the officer said, adding that with the help of technical surveillance, police traced the calls to Meerut, Dadri, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad and Noida.