Four individuals have been arrested in Chandauli district on Wednesday for kidnapping a health care provider and demanding a ransom of Rs 70 lakh. The police additionally freed Dr Amreshwar Das Maurya, a homoeopathic physician, resident of Raiya village, who was kidnapped on May 31, when he was returning residence from his clinic in Chahaniya Bazar beneath Balua police station. he mentioned.
Police mentioned an quantity of Rs 40.5 lakh, which was paid as ransom, together with a automotive and country-made pistol has been recovered from the abductors.
The arrested individuals have been recognized as Rajiv Singh, Suresh Yadav, Abhishek alias Satyam Patel and Prateek Tripathi.
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During an encounter with the police, Singh sustained a bullet damage in his proper leg. He has been admitted to the hospital and the physician has said his situation as secure. Raids are being carried out to hint one other accused Akash Singh, who had knowledgeable the abductors in regards to the physician.
Chandauli Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar mentioned, “We are interrogating those arrested.”
Police mentioned that on May 31, Maurya was coming back from his clinic when the abductors stopped his motorbike. The two kidnappers acquired down from their automotive and forcibly dragged the physician into the automotive and fled from the spot. Local individuals current on the spot instantly knowledgeable Maurya’s household and the police.
Police mentioned that about an hour later, the abductors made a ransom name from Maurya’s cellphone to his father Ghanshyam Singh and demanded Rs 70 lakh for his launch. Police mentioned the abductors made a couple of extra calls and altered their locations commonly.
A case has been registered on the Balua police station in opposition to unknown individuals for kidnapping.
On Monday night time, the police discovered that Maurya’s father had knowledgeable the abductors that he might prepare solely Rs 40.5 lakh. The police saved a watch on the members of the family.
Police mentioned that on Wednesday morning, the abductors requested Maurya’s members of the family handy over the ransom quantity on the Bilarideha crossing.
When Maurya’s members of the family reached the spot, the police chased them. After Maurya’s household paid the abductors a ransom and returned, the police began chasing the abductors and tried to cease them after far. However, the abductors fled because the police chased them,” mentioned further superintendent of police, Chandauli, Daya Ram.
In the top, the abductors acquired down from their automotive and began operating, police mentioned. “They opened fire on the policemen who were chasing them. The police also retaliated, in which one of the kidnappers, Singh, was injured. Yadav, who was caught there, told him about the doctor’s location. Police raided a house at Temra crossing from where Maurya was rescued,” mentioned a police officer.
The police additionally nabbed two different accused Patel and Tripathi from the place the place Maurya was saved, the official mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
