In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old son of a businessman was kidnapped and murdered in Shankargarh area here. His body was found in the forest of Chitrakoot on Sunday morning. On Saturday evening five hours after the kidnapping of his child a call from miscreants came on the father’s mobile and the caller demanded `15 lakh from him and asked him to come to the forest of Dabhura of Rewa otherwise he would shoot his son. The father gave this information to the police. The police started the investigation by putting the number on surveillance. However, before the police reached the kidnappers, the body of the child was found in the forest around 8 am on Sunday. Prayagraj Commissioner Ramit Sharma in a press conference about four hours after the child’s body was found said that a police encounter took place in Shankargarh with the miscreants. A constable was also injured. The commissioner said the accused knew the family of the child. The accused Sukhdev’s brother Loknath used to drive the truck of the child's father.
About 40 km from Prayagraj district headquarters, Pushpraj Kesarwani alias Vicky family lives in Shakargarh. He has a transport business. Apart from his wife there was a 13-year-old son Shubh and 11-year -old daughter Shubhi in the family. According to family members, Shubh was playing around the shop in Shankargarh at 4 pm on Saturday and suddenly went missing from there. When he was not seen for a long time, the family searched for him but could not be trace him. Father Pushpraj informed the Shankargarh police about his son being being missing.
About five hours after complaining to the police, the call was received on father’s mobile phone at 9 pm which said “come to the forest with `15 lakh, otherwise we will shoot your son”. Tension prevailed in the house as soon as the ransom call was received. The father informed the relatives about it. Then they told Shankargarh police about the ransom call.
The police then filed a kidnapping report against unknown persons. The police swung into action and the number from which the ransom call came in was put on surveillance.
DCP Yamunanagar Abhinav Tyagi took details from family members. The police team was despatched on the basis of mobile location. On the other hand, a child’s body was found in the forest of Arwara Mod on Sunday morning and people informed the police. When the police reached the spot, the body was identified as that of Shubh. The forest in which the body has been found is about 250 metres from the Jhansi-Mirzapur national highway.
The body of the child was tied and his mouth was gagged with some cloth. The Bargarh police station incharge Anjani Kumar Singh said on the basis of initial investigation, it seems that the child has been killed by hitting heavy stone on his head. There are serious injury marks on the head and ears.. The body has been sent for postmortem. Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma told mediapersons that Shubh was murdered by Sukhdev and Sanjay. Loknath drives Pushparaj’s truck. Sukhdev is the brother of Loknath and had to come to his house. Shubh knew Loknath and Sukhdev. Shubh was playing at the shop at 4 pm on Saturday. Then Sukhdev went to Pushparaj’s shop with his friend Sanjay. There he asked Shubh if he wanted to see rabbits in the forest. Since Shubh knew Sukhdev he went with him.
Sukhdev made a call on Pushpraj’s phone around quarter to 9 which call was not received. After about 15 minutes, Pushpraj saw the missed call from unknown number and called back. The call receiver said that his son was kidnapped and asked him to come to the forest with `15 lakh. Pushpraj informed the Shankargarh police. When the police started calling on that number, it was found switched off. On checking its WhatsApp number the photo of Sukhdev was found which was recognised by Pushpraj. After this, the numbers were put on surveillance. Sharma claimed that Sukhdev, along with Sanjay and Ganesh, had hatched a conspiracy of kidnapping. When the police put the numbers on surveillance, the third person Ganesh, nephew of Sukhdev, was found Ganesh. When the police picked up Ganesh, he said Shubh has been taken to the forest of Bargarh and murdered. He told the police that Sukhdev and Sanjay were hiding in the Shankargarh forests. After the force of several police stations and SOG teams surrounded Sukhdev and Sanjay in the forest of Shankargarh, both of them opened fire on the police team. Both were shot in the leg. A constable was also injured in the firing. All of them had been admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital. Ganesh, Sukhdev and Sanjay are being questioned to find out the reasons behind the kidnapping. The reason behind the kidnapping is not clear.
COMPLAINT: UP Board secretary Dibyakant Shukla lodged a complaint with the Prayagraj police after a fake appointment letter issued for the post of clerk at Public Inter College in Kerakat of Jaunpur bearing his forged signature came to light. Shukla clarified that Secondary Education Board, commonly known as UP Board, does not appoint clerks or any other post in the schools of the state of its own and asked all to be vary of such unscrupulous elements who issue such fake letters.
The letter, shared by the secretary, was issued in the name of Rajeev Ratan Singh of Virampur village of Jaunpur.
The fraudster had used the scanned signature of the secretary on a fake letter head of the Secondary Education Council Board. “The appointment letter that has been printed on the letterhead of the Secondary Education Council Board, Uttar Pradesh is fake as this is not one used by the office. Also, the letter number, UPS 821 printed in the appointment letter, is not the letter number of the council’s office,” Shukla said. He added that some unscrupulous elements are tarnishing the image of the council and the state government by misleading the public and are giving rise to a cognizable crime in the society. He has sent an application to the Civil Lines police incharge to immediately file a first information report (FIR) and initiate legal action.