Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Sub-Editor)
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he Halasuru police have arrested two members of a gang which had kidnapped a 28-year-old stock broker from Trinity junction on the busy MG road on July 16 for ransom .
The accused have been identified as Shivakrishna and Joy Steven from Telangana.
Senior officer told reporters during investigation it is found that the victim later tuned out be involved in financial fraud in Telangana and the accused had reportedly abducted him to recover the money he had cheated them.
Further it is revealed that on June 16,Ajmeera Raju was kidnapped by a group of eight people in a SUV.
Raju,28,from Telangana has been staying at Hotel DBR for the last for six months.
On the fateful day of June 16 early hours,Raju,along with Sathvik M S,the complainant and the receptionist of the hotel who was acquainted with the victim, went to dinner on the latter’s motorcycle.
After finding no eateries,they decided to return but saw that a black Mahindra Scorpio car,with two occupants, was following them.
When Raju confronted them near the Metro station,a few others from another parked nearby caught hold of him,while Sathvik managed to escape.
The following morning,Sathvik filed a complaint at the Halasuru police station.
Based on the complaint,the police registered a case under Sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Their investigations led them to Telangana.
Three days after the case was registered,a team of officials traced Raju to a resort in Telangana’s Keesaragutta.
“The two arrested suspects were caught as they were there watching him,”We suspect the involvement of eight to ten others.So far,they have managed to escape and efforts are on to track them down.
During the investigation,the investigators found that Raju was arrested earlier in a fraud case at the Central Crime Station (CCS) in Telangana.
Raju arrived in Bengaluru six months ago after receiving bail and allegedly owed the accused a huge amount of money.
However Raju denied the claim stating that he does not even know them.Further investigations are on to ascertain the facts,the officer, said .
