Abducted jeweller released, cops suspect something fishy

Rajkot: The jeweller who was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday night from Wadhwan town of Surendranagar, was released by the abductors late on Monday night.
However, the cops investigating the kidnapping of Shailesh Mandalia, suspect something fishing in the entire episode as the jeweller was not able to give them satisfactory answers to queries on how he was kidnapped.
Meanwhile, the police have identified three accused — Tanvirsinh Zala, Rajdeepsinh Zala and Navdeep Sinh, who are yet to be arrested. They are probing whether the jeweller has cooking up his own kidnapping story or was he genuinely abducted.
According to police, they had received call from Mandalia’s family members that he was kidnapped in a Swift car from near Bhaktinandan circle in Wadhvan on Sunday night.
In protest, the Soni Bazar (jewellers’ market) in Wadhwan too remained closed on Monday demanding release of Mandalia. The police on Monday had found the car in which Mandalia was allegedly abducted, abandoned.
Police said that the alleged kidnappers on Monday late night called up the B division police station and told that they have released Mandalia near Limdi circuit house.
The police escorted Mandalia to his house and was called him to the police station for questioning on Tuesday morning.
Talking to TOI, police inspector of local crime branch Deepak Dhol said. “There are many unanswered questions in the case. The victim did not even have a minor injury. The story seems suspicious as the area from where he is said to have been kidnapped was a public place. There was not witness to the crime and nobody seem to have heard Mandalia’s screams for help.”
Mandalia told cops that he had verbal altercation with the kidnappers over a small accident following which he got kidnapped.