Woman, daughter among 4 held for kidnapping employer’s son

New Delhi, Dec. 25: A woman and her three associates were arrested for allegedly kidnapping her employer’s son from Ghazipur flower market and extorting `50 lakh of the `1 crore ransom they had demanded, the police said on Saturday.

The accused were identified as Richa Sabarwal, her mother Anita, her boyfriend Gurmeet Singh, and Kamal Bansal, it said.

On December 18 at 3.45 pm, a caller, Vikas Aggrawal, informed the Patparganj Industrial Area police station that his son Kinshuk had been kidnapped at gunpoint (using a toy gun) from the flower market in Ghazipur and was released later after paying a ransom of `50 lakh, the police said.

During investigation, the police checked around 150 CCTV cameras covering a distance of around 70 km and identified one suspected scooter. On the basis of the route followed by the scooter, Bansal was arrested. Later, Gurmeet Singh, Richa, and her mother were also arrested, DCP (East) Priyanka Kashyap said.

During interrogation, Gurmeet said that he is the boyfriend of Richa, who is an employee of Mr Aggrawal. Richa was under a debt running into lakhs of rupees. Gurmeet Singh, Richa Sabarwal, and Anita hatched a plan to kidnap Kinshuk and extort money, the DCP said.

On December 16, when Kinshuk asked her to visit the flower market, Richa readily accepted the offer sensing an opportunity. The accused managed to get a toy gun and executed the plan the following day.

Richa said that she is married and has two children, DCP Kashyap said.

Her husband had suffered huge loss in his business during the coronavirus pandemic and she had to bear all the expenses to run her house.