4 held for kidnapping delivery boy, demanding ransom in Kaushambi
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Prayagraj: Kaushambi police on Monday arrested four youths on charges of keeping a delivery boy from an online food ordering and delivery company captive in a hotel room and extorting money from him near Sirathu Road.
Cops also seized a car (used for kidnapping), one 0.32 bore pistol along with three live cartridges, and two mobiles from their possession.
The arrested persons were identified as Aayush Shukla of Sulemsarai, Lakshya Soni of Preetam Nagar, Himanshu Tiwari of TP Nagar, and Vibham Mishra of Preetam Nagar.
All accused are 12th pass-outs and between the age group of 19-25 years.
They were booked under section 308 (5), 127(3), and 351(3) of BNS and section 3/25 of the Arms Act.
Deputy SP (Manjhanpur) Shivank Singh told TOI that one Adarsh Tripathi of Anapur (Nawabganj, Prayagraj) complained to Manjhanpur police on Sunday, working as a delivery boy for an online food ordering and delivery company in Haryana, had arrived at Prayag Junction in Prayagraj district on May 30 night.
Unable to go to his house due to late night hours, he called up his friend Aayush Shukla, who then asked him to come near Mundera Mandi Gate No 1.
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When Adarsh reached the location, Aayush, along with his three friends, asked him to take a seat inside the car.
The victim told police that Aayush and his friends forced him to get the fuel tank filled and moved from one place to another throughout the night. On the morning of May 31, they took him to a house and asked him to rest. In the afternoon, they took him to another place in Kaushambi by car and switched off his mobile.
The kidnappers also asked him to arrange Rs 20,000 and threatened serious consequences if he dared to escape.
They also forced him to smoke a cigarette laced with sedative, and as a result, he was left unconscious.
The victim also told police that when he came to his senses, he found the car parked near a hotel in Manjhanpur. The kidnappers had stayed in two rooms in the hotel. However, the hotel authorities caught the youth while making efforts to escape from their custody by jumping off the window of the hotel. The hotel authorities then called the police, and the cops managed to arrest all four kidnappers.
The kidnappers confessed to executing the kidnapping of the delivery boy for three days out of greed for money.
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