With the arrest of five persons including the mastermind, Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday claimed to solved the abduction of a 38-year-old woman nurse in Korba district, police said.
One of the accused, Sunil Singh, is at large.
Korba Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel told The Pioneer that the arrested included mastermind Surendra Rathore (25) and his accomplices Sanjeev Gond (30), Arvind Pratap Korram (27), Shatrughan Singh (35) and Gova Raj (43), all residents of Korba district.
On Sunday police lodged an abduction case following a complaint that unidentified persons abducted Om Sahu, posted as a nurse at Bhilaibazar Primary Health Center (PHC) in the district on Saturday night.
During investigation, police learnt that Sahu was abducted in a white colour Scorpio.
Police detained the owner of the Scorpio. The police later learnt that the mastermind had given the abductors Rs 3 lakh to kidnap Sahu.
Rathore had given Rs 85,000 to Sahu which she was not returning. So, he decided to kidnap Sahu and get Rs 2 crore as ransom.
They abducted her but released her due to heavy police checking after the incident was reported to the police.