Pramesh S Jain & Thomas (Special correspondent)
The East Division police of KG Halli police on Wednesday arrested a gang of four persons who had allegedly kidnapped a interior decorator and his friend over a property row on last Wednesday.
The accused has been identified as,Shaikh Zabiullah,Syed Abdul Azeem,Shahbaz,and Riyaz, all four residents of KG Halli.
Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was filed by victim wife who stated in her complaint that some 4 unknown person kidnapped her husband from his workshop by four armed men who came in BMW Car at 4 Pm and abducted him.
Syed Nayaz Ahmed,who runs an interior designing workshop in Kushalnagar,was kidnapped from his workshop by four armed men who came in a BMW car, at 4 pm on February 16.
The staff of the workshop immediately alerted his wife about the incident and she lodged a police complaint.
After receiving the complaint a special team was formed to nab the kidnappers a team led by DCP,East, Dr Bheemashankar Guled,under the leadership of ACP,KS Jagadish,KG Halli police inspector, Santosh Kumar L,and his crime team swung into action.
Acting on the complaint the team visited the crime spot and when the police teams were on the lookout for the accused and to rescue the victim,Nayaz Ahmed returned to the police station at 11.45 pm.
Later he narrated that the accused took him to various places in the car.His friend,Naveed Khan, who tried to follow the car on a bike,was also dragged inside the car and one of the accused rode his bike.
The accused blindfolded the duo and took them to a house in Hosakote where they were detained for sometime.
Again they put them in the car and while coming back,one of the accused transferred Rs.5,000 to his account using Ahmed’s phone.
Later, they freed the duo saying they will contact him later for money and threatened them to abduct again if they don’t respond to their calls .
While he was at the station,the abductors contacted Ahmed demanding Rs.3 lakh.
They asked him to come with cash to their car service centre and with his information the team surrounded the area and when they accused came to recieve the cash they were arrested
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and the accused were identified as,Shaikh Zabiullah,Syed Abdul Azeem,Shahbaz,and Riyaz, all four residents of KG Halli.
The accused revealed that the absconding accused Aslam wanted to buy a property but Ahmed intervene and made him to miss the deal.Enraged by this Aslam roped in his associates to abduct Nayaz and teach him a lesson they said.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar Guled,ACP,KS Jagadish,PI, Santhosh Kumar L,PSI,Akthar Patel,ASI,Shaju Anthony,and crime staff as,Siddalingaswamy, Shivanand Biradar,Raghunath R,has successfully nabbed all the four kidnappers and for the exemplary work and meticulous investigation done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
