NEW DELHI: Two persons were arrested for allegedly abducting a
foreign national and demanding Rs 2 crore
ransom from his friend, police said on Sunday.
Anoop, 36, and
Naveen Dagar, 29, were arrested after a brief encounter on the Najafgarh-Jharoda Kalan Road in Dwarka on February 28, they said.
Palashev was abducted from
Dwarka Mor on the intervening night of February 27 and 28.
A case was registered at
Mohan Garden police station and a joint team of Dwarka district police launched a manhunt to trace the accused, DCP Dwarka
Anto Alphonse said.
Police recovered two loaded pistols, an I-20 car used in the crime and stolen cash worth Rs 1 lakh from the possession of the two accused, he added.