Four arrested for kidnapping a jeweler from Betul in MP – ThePrint – PTIFeed

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Betul, Oct 23 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Police on Wednesday rescued a jeweler kidnapped from Betul in the state from Nagpur and arrested four persons, an official said.

The kidnapping on Tuesday evening was captured on CCTV.

Betul Superintendent of Police (SP) Nischal Jharia said that Krishna Soni, a jeweler, was abducted from Durga Chowk area by four men who came in a white car on Tuesday around 9 p.m.

They demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh for his release, he added.

After his wife approached the police, several teams were formed to investigate the case.

Sonia’s wife arranged an amount of Rs 65,000 and transferred the amount to the bank accounts provided by the accused, but they did not release her husband, the official said in a statement.

With the help of cyber police and CCTV footage, Betul police finally arrested the accused from Nagpur in Maharashtra and rescued Soni, the SP said.

Manjed Khan (26), one of the accused, worked with Soni in Nagpur in the jewelry business before the latter started her own business in Betul, a police official said.

Khan allegedly hatched the kidnap plan along with Jameer (30), Varun (20) and Prateek (26), he said, adding that all the four accused are residents of Sister Colony under Ramnagar police station in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra . PTI ADU KRK

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