The Ferozabad Police arrested ‘kidnapped’ merchant Sanjeev Gupta and his kin on Tuesday for orchestrating his own `abduction’ to get even with his business partners.
leading glass merchant and resturanteur, Sanjeev Gupta went missing after after taking lunch in Sagar restaurant in Tundla locality of Ferojabad on July 22. later, his family lodged a case of kidnapping abd claimed that a ranson of Rs 100 crore was being demanded fdor Gupta’s release.
After diligently working on the case, the Ferojabad Police assisted by Special Task Force sleuths stiumbled upon the fact that Gupta had orchestrated the ‘kidnapping drama’ to get his business partners arrested as Gupta owed them a huge sum and was unwilling to return the money.
It also transpired during surveillance of his pgone that soon after disappearing, Gupta reached Srinagar and enjoyed his stay in Kashmir. After learning that his plan had been busted by the sleuths and that STF was tailing him, Gupta suddenly appeared in Panipat last Friday.
The probe team traced Gupta’s location at Panipat (Haryana) on Fruday and brought him back. On Tuesday, Gupta was produced before a magistrate in Ferozabad and got his confessional statement recorded. The cops took action against his family members too for aiding the businessman in the ‘kidnap drama’.