Two arrested for kidnapping 10-yr-old twins in Andheri (W)

A man and his relative have been arrested on charges of kidnapping ten-year-old twin boys from Manish Nagar in Andheri (W) when they had gone for their tennis class on Monday.

While the boys were rescued from the clutches of their kidnappers within an hour, it was only revealed after 18 hours of investigation that their driver had orchestrated the entire facade of kidnapping along with his brother-in-law for Rs 1-crore ransom from his employers. Police arrested the accused on kidnapping charges.

The twins attended their tennis class in Andheri (W) thrice a week and were escorted by their driver. The driver initially claimed that as usual, when the driver was taking them back home at around 6.30pm on Monday, an unknown man entered their car forcibly and asked the driver to take the vehicle near Juhu PVR on knifepoint, where the twins and the driver were asked to eat a medicine after which they fell unconscious.

The unknown accused separated them near Croma store. The driver and one of the twins were shifted to a school bus and the other twin was kept in the car, claimed the driver earlier.

"The driver said that he was in need of money for his daughter's wedding and since his employer was rich, he hatched a plan to make quick bucks through kidnapping. The accused also confessed that he had backed out of the plan as he was scared of being caught," said Bharat Gaikwad, senior inspector of DN Nagar police station.

The brother-in-law had also made an international call demanding ransom.