Abducted techie who spent birthday in captivity, rescued in Ghaziabad

A software engineer who was abducted near Delhi last week back was rescued on Friday morning by Special Task Force (STF) and Ghaziabad police after an encounter with the gang that left two of the three kidnappers injured.

Rajeev Kumar, HCL software engineer, was abducted on May 23, a night before his birthday from Raj Nagar extension. The HCL techie's kidnappers demanded a ransom and had kept him in captivity for eight days.

In the encounter, that took place near Brave Heights Apartments, one constable of STF and one constable of the Ghaziabad Police sustained bullet injuries. Prima facie interrogation revealed that this gang has committed several other kidnappings too.

The kidnapper gang busted by the police consisted of young criminals who would abduct upper middle class professionals after doing a recce of their movements.

ADG (law and Order) Anand Kumar told IANS that the kidnappers "were using WhatsApp" to keep in contact.

Two kidnappers, one constable of the Ghaziabad Police and one of the STF officers sustained bullet injuries during the gunfight.

The abducted engineer was rescued from a house in Prahlad Garhi village under Indirapuram police station.

(with IANS inputs)