A woman and her two associates have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping two minor girls from Ekta Enclave, Maruti Kunj of Gurugram, the police said on Sunday.
According to the police, on Friday they received information regarding the abduction of two minor girls — a 9-year-old and a 14-year-old —and the abductor had reportedly demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh. The victims had gone missing from the Ekta Enclave area on Saturday. A case was registered at the Bhondsi police station and a team was constituted to trace the girls.
Cops managed to recover the girls from Hero Honda Chowk. The accused were identified as Rinki, Sagar and Ajay. Rinki was the mastermind behind the incident, the police said.
During the probe, it was disclosed that the mothers of both the minor girls knew each other and that Rinki had borrowed around 26 lakhs from the complainant’s wife.
"She hatched a conspiracy to kidnap the 9-year-old girl along with her daughter so that no one can suspect her. She along with her accomplice Sagar worked as her driver and Vikas aka Suraj worked at her Dhaba. They planned to kidnap the girls on the night of a Kirtan program organised in the house of complainant to which Rinki was also invited," police said.
As per the plan, Rinki attended a Kirtan programme during which the victim was lured out of her house on the pretext of buying ice cream. Outside, Sagar and Vikas were ready with a car to kidnap the victim. When both minor girls went outside for ice cream, both were kidnapped. Later the accused demanded Rs 50 lakhs from the complainant.
The accused have been sent to judicial custody.