Man kidnapped, robbed, then dropped home

COPS RECOVER AT LEAST HALF THE STOLEN CASH, THE VICTIM’S WALLET AND MOBILE PHONE FROM THE FOREST AREA WHERE THE KIDNAPPERS TOOK HIM

GURUGRAM: Three armed men allegedly kidnapped a businessman from near his home, took him to a secluded forest area where they robbed him of his cash and gold, and then dropped him back home on Monday night, said Gurugram police.

When a police team searched the forest area in Behrampur village of sector 71, shortly after the incident was reported, they found at least half the stolen cash, the victim’s wallet and mobile phone there.

According to police, the kidnapping happened at around 8pm when the victim, who has a ceramic tile business in Delhi, had returned from work and was about to park his car in a plot adjacent to his house in sector 46. The complainant, in his FIR, said that three masked men alighted from a car, held him at gunpoint and forced him into the car again. “Two of them sat in front of the car, while the third sat on the back passenger seat.

“They made me sit on the floor space between the seats. They drove towards Bandhwari village and finally took me deep inside the forest area. They took my gold, Aadhaar card, voter card, a mobile phone and ₹10 lakh cash. They had earlier snatched my iphone and thrown it out. Around 9.30pm, they dropped me at my house in my car and escaped,” the complaint read.

A case was registered against the suspects under sections 392 (robbery), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 34 (furtherance of common intention) of IPC has been registered.