Sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have got a major success when they arrested a hardened criminal and his cohorts and successfully rescued an award winning farmer, who was kidnapped few days back. The rescue was made in Farrukhabad on Wednesday.
Briefing the media persons here on Wednesday evening, IG (STF), Sujeet Pandey, said that one Narad Singh Kashyap, awarded by President for potato production in 2005, had been kidnapped by four persons on September 14 from Jahanganj area in Farrukhabad. He claimed that his abductors identified as Rajesh Yadav, Akhilesh, Manoj and Sudesh Yadav had demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore from his family for his release.
Pandey claimed that Farrukabad police registered a case in this regard and sought help of STF so he directed the Western Unit, headed by SP, Umesh Kumar Singh, to look and help in rescue operation.
Pandey further claimed that the STF team made a breakthrough when through electronic surveillance they traced the movement of criminals in Karwa hamlet of Kampil in Farrukabad. He said that the STF team immediately rushed and get success when they rescued the victim safely from the clutches of the accused and also nabbed four of criminals which included Rajesh Yadav, a native of Kamalganj in Farrukabad, who is carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000. The other criminals were identified as Akhilesh, Manoj and Sudesh Yadav. They also recovered arms and ammunitions and other belongings used in kidnapping.