LUCKNOW: Be it the abduction and murder of a lab technician in Kanpur or kidnapping of the eight-year-old son of a gutka trader in Gonda, the criminals used women in their plan to hoodwink cops.
In the Kanpur case, a woman, Preeti, posed as the wife of one of the criminals to take a house on rent where they held lab technician Sanjeet Yadav hostage.
Preeti also conducted the recce of Sanjeet and interacted with neighbours and landlord to avoid suspicion.
In the Gonda incident, Chhavi Pandey, wife of main accused Suraj Pandey, made the Rs 4crore ransom call to the family and threatened to kill the boy if they did not pay the money.
“During interrogation, Chhavi disclosed that they had planned to chop the boy’s body and dump it in the river,” said an officer in the crime branch privy to the probe.
According to investigators, the arrested men have disclosed that the kidnapping was plotted by Chhavi.
An 84-second audio clip of Chhavi had also gone viral in which she is heard purportedly demanding ransom from the family. Chhavi told cops that she came to know during lockdown that gutka trader Harikumar Gupta had a lot of money and was also planning to construct a complex in Kernalganj.
Chhavi asked her brother-in-law Raja Pandey to visit Gupta’s shop and purchase bidi/paan masala. Later, Chhavi instigated her husband Suraj to take help from his friends, Deepu Kashyap and Umesh Yadav, to execute the boy’s kidnapping.
“Raja told us that on Chhavi’s insistence they roped in Kashyap and Yadav and promised them half of ransom amount,” the officer said.
While scanning CCTV footage, police found that Chhavi started reconnaissance of Gupta’s house from July 15.
On the fateful day, Chhavi only made a call from SIM cards issued in the name of Suraj’s acquaintance.
In the audio clip, Chhavi is heard as saying: “If you are not able to hear properly then tell me. Your son has been kidnapped. Arrange Rs 4 crore, I will again call you by the evening and you will reply only in ‘yes’ or ‘no’.”
She also cites Vikas Dubey episode and adds that police will not be able to help them so it would be futile to approach them.
In the Kanpur case, a woman, Preeti, posed as the wife of one of the criminals to take a house on rent where they held lab technician Sanjeet Yadav hostage.
Preeti also conducted the recce of Sanjeet and interacted with neighbours and landlord to avoid suspicion.
In the Gonda incident, Chhavi Pandey, wife of main accused Suraj Pandey, made the Rs 4crore ransom call to the family and threatened to kill the boy if they did not pay the money.
“During interrogation, Chhavi disclosed that they had planned to chop the boy’s body and dump it in the river,” said an officer in the crime branch privy to the probe.
According to investigators, the arrested men have disclosed that the kidnapping was plotted by Chhavi.
An 84-second audio clip of Chhavi had also gone viral in which she is heard purportedly demanding ransom from the family. Chhavi told cops that she came to know during lockdown that gutka trader Harikumar Gupta had a lot of money and was also planning to construct a complex in Kernalganj.
Chhavi asked her brother-in-law Raja Pandey to visit Gupta’s shop and purchase bidi/paan masala. Later, Chhavi instigated her husband Suraj to take help from his friends, Deepu Kashyap and Umesh Yadav, to execute the boy’s kidnapping.
“Raja told us that on Chhavi’s insistence they roped in Kashyap and Yadav and promised them half of ransom amount,” the officer said.
While scanning CCTV footage, police found that Chhavi started reconnaissance of Gupta’s house from July 15.
On the fateful day, Chhavi only made a call from SIM cards issued in the name of Suraj’s acquaintance.
In the audio clip, Chhavi is heard as saying: “If you are not able to hear properly then tell me. Your son has been kidnapped. Arrange Rs 4 crore, I will again call you by the evening and you will reply only in ‘yes’ or ‘no’.”
She also cites Vikas Dubey episode and adds that police will not be able to help them so it would be futile to approach them.
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