Three kidnappers were held for abducting a class-11 student studying in Bokaro while five others are still at large. The abducted boy was recovered from Maurya Express, in a joint operation with Dhanbad police at Dhanbad Station on Sunday night, police said.
The arrested goons have been are identified as Roshan Kumar, Govind Kumar and Chandan Kumar. Police also recovered a 9mm pistol, one .315 bore countrymade pistol with live bullets from Chandan, said Kuldeep Dwivedi SP Bokaro. During interrogation, the arrested confessed to their crime. Raids are ‘on’ to arrest the rest five, he said.
Satyam Sager a student of class-11 at Boakro Public School City was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 15 lakh on 4 September was kept at Kurmidih in Bokaro. Police arrested the goonson Sunday night when they were shifting Satyam to Chhapra in Maurya Express. The goons boarded the train at Bokaro and were later arrested at Dhanbad by the police, SP said.
Satyam was kidnapped on September 4, near Boakro Mall at Sector 3, but his parents informed the police on 6 September. On September 5, the kidnappers made a ransom call to his uncle Gayan Sager and demanded Rs 15 lakhs; later on September 6, they reduced the ransom amount to Rs 10 lakhs. Our investigations are on others were arrested soon, added SP.