A renowned Homeopathic practitioner from Etawah who ran a private clinic in Mainpuri was reported missing under mysterious circumstances since Thursday morning. His family claimed that he had been abducted and a ransom of Rs 55 lakh was demanded by the kidnappers for his release.
A case was registered at Etawah and a search was launched trace the victim. The local polic also sought help of sleuths of Special Task Force (STF) to track down the whereabouts and rescue the victim safely.
As per reports, Dr Gyan Prakash Pandey of New Friends colony in Etawah left for his clinic in Karhal locality of Mainpuri on a bus on Thursday morning. However, when he did not reach there till afternoon, some patients and his staff contacted his landline number at Etawah to confirm from the family about his whereabouts. They were shocked on learning that Dr Pandey had left for the clinic on time but later disappeared.
The family members launched a search and his wife Vimla Devi informed the police about the incident. The incident took an ominous turn as someone called the family later in the evening and claimed that Dr Pandey had been abducted. The caller also demanded a ransom of Rs 55 lakh for his release.
Additional SP, Jitendra Srivastava said that a case has already been registered and all efforts were being mede to safely rescue the victim.
Meanwhile in Mathura, a 45-year-old sadhvi was allegedly gang-raped inside a temple complex in Barsana area earlier this week. Initially reluctatnt to register a case, the local police finally lodged a case on Thursday, after scanning CCTV footage in the temple which confirmd the ghastly act.
As per reports, the sadhvi was sleeping in the balcony of Sriji Temple when a watchman and another staffer forcibly took her to a secluded place and took turns raping her on the night of September 11.
After a case was registered, the victim was sent for medical examination on Thursday evening and efforts were now being made to arrest the culprits.
Elsewhere at Rampur, in a sensational case a woamn in her 30’s was raped, murdered and mutilated by assailants before dumping her body near Milak railway station on Friday morning. Brick had been used to smash her face beyond rtecognition.
A case was registsred regard and the body was sent for postmortem examination. Efforts were made to ascertain her identity and trace out the culprits.