Jalna Police rescued the 13-year-old son of a shopkeeper in Jalna, Maharashtra, hours after three people, including his neighbor, kidnapped him and demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh from his father, an official said on Wednesday.
The drama that began on Tuesday morning ended around 9 p.m. with the arrest of the three accused, he said.
The accused are identified as Rohit Bhurewal, Arbaz Shaikh and Nitin Sharma, district superintendent of police (SP) Ajaykumar Bansal said.
The victim is the son of an Ayurvedic medicine dealer, Krishna Mujmule (38), he said.
"On Tuesday morning, the boy went to his school. But after some time, Mujmule received a call, in which the callers told him that his son had been kidnapped and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 million for his release. The kidnappers threatened to give the child some harmful injection if their demands were not met," he said.
Mujmule checked with the school and learned that his daughter had not turned up here, prompting him to approach the Sadar Bazar police station and the district superintendent of police.
"We immediately launched a rescue operation. Throughout the day, the kidnappers kept calling the boy's father and reduced the ransom amount to Rs 20 lakh. The kidnappers asked him to keep the bag with the money at a petrol pump. local," Bansal said.
As per the plan, Mujmule left the bag at the designated place while the police personnel hid nearby. When the main accused Bhurewal reached there to pick up the bag, the police officers pounced on him and arrested him, he said.
During his interrogation, Bhurewal told the police that his accomplices were waiting with the child at another place. The police quickly intervened and arrested Shaikh and Sharma. They rescued the teenager from their clutches and confiscated the car and motorcycle used in the crime along with two walkie-talkies, he added.
Bhurewal, the mastermind of the crime, is a neighbor of the victim. He hatched the plan with his two employees to extort money, Bansal said, adding that a case of extortion and kidnapping was registered in this regard.
The drama that began on Tuesday morning ended around 9 p.m. with the arrest of the three accused, he said.
The accused are identified as Rohit Bhurewal, Arbaz Shaikh and Nitin Sharma, district superintendent of police (SP) Ajaykumar Bansal said.
The victim is the son of an Ayurvedic medicine dealer, Krishna Mujmule (38), he said.
"On Tuesday morning, the boy went to his school. But after some time, Mujmule received a call, in which the callers told him that his son had been kidnapped and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 million for his release. The kidnappers threatened to give the child some harmful injection if their demands were not met," he said.
Mujmule checked with the school and learned that his daughter had not turned up here, prompting him to approach the Sadar Bazar police station and the district superintendent of police.
"We immediately launched a rescue operation. Throughout the day, the kidnappers kept calling the boy's father and reduced the ransom amount to Rs 20 lakh. The kidnappers asked him to keep the bag with the money at a petrol pump. local," Bansal said.
As per the plan, Mujmule left the bag at the designated place while the police personnel hid nearby. When the main accused Bhurewal reached there to pick up the bag, the police officers pounced on him and arrested him, he said.
During his interrogation, Bhurewal told the police that his accomplices were waiting with the child at another place. The police quickly intervened and arrested Shaikh and Sharma. They rescued the teenager from their clutches and confiscated the car and motorcycle used in the crime along with two walkie-talkies, he added.
Bhurewal, the mastermind of the crime, is a neighbor of the victim. He hatched the plan with his two employees to extort money, Bansal said, adding that a case of extortion and kidnapping was registered in this regard.
