In Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, the police has arrested a businessman after uncovering his own kidnapping conspiracy. The accused has been identified as Arjun Kumar (35). He is a resident of Basehiya village of Colonelganj area of the district. Works in flower business. The police are taking him into custody and interrogating him.
According to the police, on July 24, flower trader Arjun Kumar had gone to Colonelganj market from village. But he did not return home till late at night. After a lot of searching, the family members lodged a missing report at the local police station. The police deployed several teams to search for him. Meanwhile, on Thursday his brother Rakesh Kumar received a call.
Gonda Superintendent of Police (SP) Vineet Jaiswal said on Saturday that the caller told Rakesh that Arjun has been kidnapped. A ransom of Rs 60 lakh was demanded for his release. Here the police was continuously tracking Arjun through surveillance. Its location was found in Haridwar. The police went there and recovered him.
During interrogation by the police, Arjun Kumar told that he had taken a loan of Rs 31 lakh without informing his family members. Due to loss in business he was unable to repay the loan. So he pretended to be kidnapped. He hoped that his family members would arrange for ransom so that he could repay his debt.
Let us tell you that a similar case had come to light in Kota in March. Here a student had hatched a conspiracy to kidnap herself to study abroad. But the police exposed his conspiracy after a long investigation. The police had said that the incident of kidnapping of the girl had not taken place. This story was written for reading abroad.
A friend of the student living in Indore had told the police that two of his friends along with him also wanted to go to study abroad. The student had come to Kota with her mother from August 3 to 5, 2023, to enroll in coaching for NEET preparation. After this she went to live in Indore. She had never lived here in Kota.
The test numbers that she was sending to her family members were also not matching with any coaching. She was living with two friends in Indore. When the police traced a friend of the student, he came to know the whole story. A ransom demand of Rs 30 lakh was sent to the student’s father on his WhatsApp number, with a photo of his daughter’s hands, feet and mouth tied.