Four held for JSR trader’s abduction

Jamshedpur: Four persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly abducting a businessman and his employee and extracting Rs 14 lakh as ransom, a police officer said.
Businessman Akash Sinha and his staff Shivam Singh were kidnapped by a gang of 11 people from near a club on May 27 and released the next day after Rs 14 lakh was paid as ransom, Sinha had claimed. Sinha, a resident of Jamshedpur, had registered an FIR at Golmuri police station.
SSP M Tamil Vanan said a special team, led by SP (city) K Vijay Shankar, was formed.
In course of the investigation, the police interrogated one Santosh Kumar Prasad. Prasad had allegedly driven the victim's car after the abduction. Based on the leads provided by him, four persons, including the kingpins of the incident Abhishekh Kumar (23) and Harjeet Singh alias Bunty (28) and their accomplices Sunny Nayak (28) and Pradip Kumar (26), were arrested from different places of the city, the SSP said.
Altogether 11 people, including two home guards, had executed the kidnapping. Raids were on to apprehend the others involved in the crime and recover the money extracted from Sinha, the SSP added.
Police have seized the car and the toy gun, used in the incident, from the possession of the arrested persons. PTI