A man was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly abducting a bank manager for a ransom ﷽of💞 Rs 5 lakh, police said.
On April 2♔1, two armed men, including Bhupender (30), kidnapped Satish Kumar from his෴ house in Ballabgarh’s Sector 62. They took him to Himachal Pradesh and demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh from his family, they said.
Later, the accused negotiated with Satish's family and asked for Rs 5 lakh 🔯for his release. They asked his family to deposit Rs 1 lakh in Satish's account and withdrew the money from different places using his debit card, police said.
The kidnappers asked Satish’s wife to bring the remaining Rs 4 lakh Kelly bypass in Ballabgarh. Police the𝐆n laid a trap and arrested Bhupender, they said.
Bhupendra revealed that he was a tenant in Satish's house and lived there aꦗbout 4 months ago. He then hatched a plan with his friend Ravindra to kidnap the bank manager for ransom, a senior police🦩 officer said.
He told police that Satish was with Ravindra in Mathura. Following this, a team went there and rescued the victim 🌼but the otherꦑ accused managed to flee, police said.
They said two pistols, three li൩ve cartridges, a rope, Satish's vehicle used for kidnapping him and Rs 4 lakh cash were recovered from the kidnappers.
“Our teams are conducting raids to nab Ravindra and others,” said 🍸Sube ♏Singh, spokesperson of Faridabad police.
