In a high-ending drama, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed three youths who had allegedly abducted son of a transporter and had demanded Rs1 crore as ransom. Sunil Sharma resident of Bhanpuri had lodged a complaint in this connection. His son who studies in St Xavier School Avanti Vihar was abducted on February 6 while returning from school.
However, under pressure of the police action launched then to find the boy, the accused abductors had released the boy, Inspector Sanjay Singh of CCB informed. The accused were identified as Naveen alias Gautam Jangde, Golu Vikram resident of Bhanpuri, Khamtarai and Pappu alias Ashvani Kumar Mandle hailing from Bemetara.
Naveen was the mastermind of the case who had procured a SIM card by using fake identity from Bhanpuri and had identified the target. On February 6 while complainant’s son Gaurav Sharma had de-boarded from the school bus and was on his way back home, the accused trio abducted him in a Tata Indica car, TI Singh said.
They dumped him in a under construction house in Sankara village. Naveen then made a call to Sunil Sharma demanding ransom of Rs1 crore. However, police received information about the case and stepped up the search for the boy. Under pressure from police action, the accused released the boy within two-three hours of abduction, the TI mentioned.
later on, based on the appearance narrated by the boy and other evidences collected during investigation police zeroed in on Naveen and nabbed him. After intense interrogation Naveen confessed to the crime and revealed the identity of two other accomplices who were arrested, the Singh said.