Noida firm manager abducted, threatened

Rajkot: A resident manager of a Noida-based company handling work of an energy company at Vadinar in Devbhoomi Dwarka was allegedly abducted and threatened by a local contractor for not awarding him a construction project worth Rs 5 crore.
The manager Pawankumar Sharma lodged a complaint of abduction, extortion and criminal intimidation at Medhpar police station on Friday against the contractor Ranjitsinh Jadeja.
Sharma told police that the energy company had awarded the construction project to another contractor due to which Jadeja had become furious and had threatened him in March. Sharma tried to explain to Jadeja that he cannot do anything as the latter had been blacklisted by the energy company.
However, on July 15 when Sharma and his colleagues were going to Jamnagar, Jadeja and three other unidentified men stopped them near Medhpar Padana Patiya. They abducted Sharma and took him to a hotel where Jadeja abused Sharma and threatened him with dire consequences if he was not given the contract.
The accused asked Sharma to decide soon and fled from there leaving him behind. Even after that Sharma used to get threat calls from Jadeja. He even told police that out of fear, he keeps his phone switched off most of the time. On Friday, however, he approached police and lodged a complaint.