Chhattisgarh Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu on Thursday awarded a Raipur Police team cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakhs for solving the kidnapping of renowned industrialist Praveen Somani.
A team of 67 police personnel including Raipur (Range) Inspector General of Police Anand Chhabra, former Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Arif H. Sheikh, former ASP (City) Pankaj Chandra, ASP (Rural) Tarkeshwar Patel, all City Superintendents of Police, SHOs, head constables and constables who investigated the case have been awarded cash prizes, a press release said.
On January 8, 2020, Somani was abducted while heading to his factory in Siltara Industrial area on the outskirts of Raipur.
The investigating team headed by then SSP Arif H. Sheikh rescued Somani from Uttar Pradesh and brought him to Raipur besides arresting the six abductors, it added.