Cops rescue trader, arrest kidnapper

The police arrested a man in connection with the kidnapping of a businessman who was called to Haryana on the pretext of selling a gold brick but was abducted by the accused and his accomplices who demanded ` 6 lakhs in ransom for his release.

The victim’s family members approached the police after which an FIR was lodged at the Vikaspuri police station. The police found that the victim first dropped his cousin sister at Gurgaon and then went to Sohna, Haryana, to meet an unknown person.

ACP ( west) V. Renganathan said that Vikaspuri SHO and Uttam Nagar SHO rescued the victim from the clutches of the accused. “The team arrested one Mohammed Aslam, the main conspirator, while his accomplices are absconding,” said ACP Renganathan.

He further said that the victim got a call from the accused Aslam, who introduced himself as a farmer, saying that he found a gold brick while digging his farmland with a JCB machine. He said he wanted to sell it at a throw away price. The victim fell into the trap and went Haryana to buy the brick.

“The accused called him in Mewat region. The victim met three persons who kidnapped and blindfolded him and then took him to an isolated place. The team arrested Aslam from Rajasthan district following a tip- off. The accused said that they used to cheat people by selling them fake gold bricks. Later, they started kidnapping victims for ransom,” said the ACP.