Sleuths of Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have got major success when they arrested 8 criminals and said to have rescued a victim safely from their hands after about two months of his kidnapping. Giving details of the case, IG (STF), Sujeet Pandey, claimed that on January 28 last, one Veeresh aka Veru, a resident of Gangapur in Kurawali locality of Mainpuri, was kidnapped by Maruti Van borne miscreants. One of the kidnappers was also said to be in police uniform. The kidnappers demanded Rs 35 lakh as ransom for safe release of Veru, a businessman.
Pandey said that the family members who informed the police kept negotiating with the kidnappers. Finally through interception, the STF team learnt that the deal has been finalised to Rs 2 lakh and the money is to be handed to the kidnappers near Kali river in Mainpuri in Friday evening. STF team subsequently rushed and as the transaction was over, they arrested eight of the kidnappers and rescued Veru safely. They also recovered Rs 2 lakh case along with the Van used in the kidnapping besides weapons, mobile phones etc, all used in the crime. The held accused revealed their identity as Shobharam, Kayam Singh, Adesh Kumar, Prem Sagar, Subash Chandra (Prantiya Raksha Dal jawan who was in police uniform while executing the crime), Ashu aka Ashutosh Dwivedi, Vipin Saksena and Arun Kumar. A case has been registered in this regard and all the accused were sent to jail.