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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
UPI ransom payment leads to kidnappers' arrest, trader's rescue
Representative image KOLKATA: In what otherwise seemed like a perfect kidnapping of a trader for ransom, the panic-stricken wife's unwitting transfer of part of the money via UPI to one of the kidnappers proved to be their Achilles' heel, landing them behind bars in Kolkata on Saturday. Five kidnappers had abducted Timir Kanti Majumder, a trader from South 24 Parganas district's Kulpi, Wednesday from near Netaji Bhavan Metro station in Kolkata, where he had gone for some bank work. They kept him captive in an 11th-floor flat of a condominium on SC Mullick Road, near Jadavpur's Sulekha area. The accused used Majumder's phone to contact his wife via WhatsApp call, demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh, which was later negotiated down to Rs 5 lakh. Panicked upon receiving the ransom calls, the victim's wife told the kidnappers she needed time to arrange the money. As a token amount, she sent Rs 10,000 via UPI to one of the accused, Suman Bose, police said. The UPI transaction gave police a breakthrough, leading to the arrest of all five accused within four hours of the rescue operation. "We located Bose near Sukanta Setu. He was nabbed and questioned extensively before he led us to the flat inside the Jadavpur condo. He also helped us locate the victim," said an investigating officer. "The main hurdle in the investigation was locating any suspect, as neither the complainant, Majumder's wife Tapasi, nor her family could provide any leads. The suspects weren't using their own mobile phones," said DC Priyabrata Roy. The accused had kept their phones switched off and used the victim's device to place ransom calls over a WiFi network. Police have booked accused Sajal Bose (43), Sudip Mazumder (39), Suman Bose (51), Samir Kumar Deb (51), and Sandipan alias Chima Das (39), for kidnapping for ransom, said Joint CP (Crime) Rupesh Kumar. "It seems a dispute over financial transactions led to the trader's kidnapping. The accused claimed the victim owed them lakhs of rupees. However, the complainant denies this, saying Majumder was tricked in a business venture. What is clear is that the accused and the victim knew each other," said another officer.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
UPI payment helps cops rescue abducted trader
Kolkata: Bhowanipore Police on Saturday rescued a Kulpi-based trader who was kidnapped 48 hours earlier from near the Netaji Bhavan metro station and kept confined to a condo's 11th-floor flat on SC Mullick Road, close to Jadavpur's Sulekha area. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The cops have arrested five people for orchestrating the abduction. The accused allegedly demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh, later revised to Rs 5 lakh, from the victim's family through WhatsApp calls made to the victim's wife. The victim, Timir Kanti Majumder, had travelled to Kolkata from South 24 Parganas on May 28 for some bank-related work. The rescue operation lasted less than four hours and involved the use of state-of-the-art technical surveillance. "The main hurdle of the investigation was to locate any suspect as neither the complainant — Majumder's wife Tapasi — nor her family members could provide any details about any suspect. The suspects themselves were not using mobile phones," said DC (South) Priyabrata Roy. The accused kept their phones switched off and used the victim's phone to place ransom demands using a Wi-Fi network. The victim's wife panicked on receiving the ransom calls and told the accused she needed time to try and arrange the money. She sent the accused Rs 10,000 — of the Rs 5 lakh demanded as ransom — to the UPI ID of one of the accused, Suman Bose. This transaction later turned out to be the most crucial lead in the investigation. "We located Bose near Sukanta Setu. He was nabbed and questioned extensively before he led us to the flat located inside the Jadavpur condo. He also helped us track down the victim," said an investigating officer. "It seems that some dispute over financial transactions led to the trader being targeted. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The accused have told us that the victim owed lakhs to them. The complainant, though, has denied the claims, stating Majumder was tricked in a business venture. It is clear, though, that the accused knew each other," said an investigating officer. "The accused have been identified as Sajal Bose (43), Sudip Mazumder (39), Suman Bose (51), Samir Kumar Deb (51), and Sandipan alias Chima Das (39), all residents of the Bijoygarh area. They have been booked under sections 140(2)/140(3)/3(5) of the BNS Act, 2023, pertaining to kidnapping for ransom," said Rupesh Kumar, Joint CP (Crime).
