Within 24 hours of abduction of a six-year-old boy, police nabbed three persons and claimed of solving the case on Friday.
According to the police, Nikhil (6) son of Pak Das Manikpuri who is Sarpanch of Dindni village under Baloda Bazar police station was abducted from near his home late on Thursday evening. The abductors had demanded ransom amount of Rs 5 lakh.
After being informed by SP Baloda Bazaar, Abhishek Shandilya, SP Raipur, BN Meena formed a special unit of Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths and began investigation.
“A team of Raipur CCB personnel was sent to the victim’s house and was asked to provide information about the family members and relatives of the abducted boy,” he said.
A separate team that was deployed in technical analysis found out that the last location of abductors was Pacheda village under Vidhan Sabha police station limits in Raipur. The number used in making ransom call was activated from Pandri area,” the SP said.
Based on the evidences gathered, it seemed that someone who was familiar with family would be involved in the incident, Meena said while adding that the team at the victim’s home informed that Premshankar who is familiar to the Pak Das Manikpuri lives in Premnagar at Mowa and runs a mobile shop at Gunj Mandi.
The team in Raipur then found out that Premshankar’s shop was closed and he was seen with one of his friends Uday Sarkar for the last time.
“Uday Sarkar was nabbed and during cross examination he confessed of being accomplice in the crime and informed police that the boy was kept in house of Shekh Rehman located in Saddu,” the SP mentioned.
Police then rescued the boy and arrested Shekh Rehman and Premshankar. The boy has been handed over to the family, Meena said.