Jodhpur man ‘kidnapped’, let off after giving ransom

JODHPUR: An electrician was allegedly abducted by some persons and was let off after extorting Rs 8 lakh ransom from him. The victim has lodged an FIR against the main accused and his accomplices.
According to SHO (Mandore) Sitaram Khoja, about a dozen persons have been alleged to be involved in the kidnapping and extortion according to the complainant Amar Singh Sankhla, who runs an electricals’ shop in Mandore area.
Khoja said that according to the complaint, Sankhla was present at his shop on the night of January 29, when one Pawan Solanki and others came to his shop and forced him into their vehicle. “After driving for a distance, they pushed him into another vehicle and thrashed him there. They kept on driving the vehicle around and also took him to an office belonging to one Rajiv Panwar,” alleged the victim.
“At the office, he was beaten up badly by the abductors and staff members of the office and demanded Rs 8 lakh as ransom. He then called a friend Kamlesh Sankhla at the office with Rs 8 lakh and handed the amount to the abductors,” said the complaint, adding that after that he was let off with a threat.
The main accused Pawan Solanki, as mentioned by the complainant, is a person of criminal antecedent and has already served a jail term in 2017. He is currently out on bail.