Patna, The Bihar Police have arrested seven individuals, together with a girl, in reference to the kidnapping and homicide of a Pune-based businessman, a senior officer stated on Tuesday.
Bihar: Girl amongst 7 arrested for abduction, homicide of Pune-based businessman
Laxman Sadhu Shinde’s physique was present in Bihar’s Jehanabad district on Tuesday. He had landed on the Patna airport on April 11.
The kingpin of the gang that executed the kidnapping and homicide has additionally been arrested, the officer stated, including 4 others have been detained for questioning.
The arrested individuals have been recognized as Ranjit Patel alias Munna, Vipatara Kumar, Lalbihari, Vikas alias Mohit, Kundan Kumar, Sangita Kumari and Sachin Ranjan.
Police, nevertheless, didn’t determine the detained individuals and the kingpin, who has been despatched to judicial custody.
Chatting with reporters, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Awkash Kumar stated, “Police received a complaint from the family members of the Pune-based businessman stating that they were not able to contact him after he landed at Patna airport.”
“Based on findings of the preliminary investigation and scrutiny of the CCTV footage, police registered a case of kidnapping and constituted a special team to nab the accused. Police recovered from Vaishali the vehicle used in kidnapping the businessman and also took the owner of the vehicle into custody,” he stated.
Throughout custodial interrogation, the automobile proprietor, Vipatra Kumar, revealed the id of the others.
Later, police nabbed 11 accused concerned within the case from Nawada, Gaya, Nalanda and Vaishali districts, the SSP stated, including that seven have been arrested and 4 are being examined by the police.
Investigation revealed that they belonged to a gang of inter-state criminals who extorted cash from individuals and likewise demanded ransom for the discharge of the kidnapped individuals, he stated.
They have been additionally concerned in a number of instances of kidnapping and homicide in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Karnataka and different locations, the SSP stated.
The accused had demanded a ransom and acquired round ₹90,000 from the members of the family of the Pune-based businessman.
Nevertheless, they killed him as the whole quantity was not paid to them and dumped his physique in Ghosi space of Jehanabad district, the SSP stated, including additional investigation was underway.
One other police officer stated a few of the arrested accused have been cybercriminals as nicely.