Ghaziabad: Policeman's son went to pick UP police Constable Exam Its fake on Sunday Kidnapping To pay the ransom to his family. The 20-year-old tied his hands and feet, managed to take a photo and sent it to his sister, who then demanded Rs 1 lakh through a text message.
Being the son of a cop, he likely knew a thing or two about investigative procedures. So, he moved around – first in the trans-Hindan region of Ghaziabad and then through western UP. On Monday, he was finally found and arrested in Lucknow.
DCP (Trans Hindon) Nimesh Patil said Rohit Kumar Allegedly, he had to repay loans he had taken from various apps to invest in cryptocurrency. He claimed that he wanted to invest another Rs 60,000 as he expected higher returns.
On Sunday he left home for Bijnor to take the exam. Hours later, he sent the photos to his sister on WhatsApp, showing him in a hostage situation – gagged and bound by ropes. “Rohit spoke to his sister and told her that he had been kidnapped. After that, he kept texting her pretending to be the kidnapper. In one message, he said: '(Your) brother. Money will be safe only after remittance',” the DCP said.
Rohit's sister asked for more time to arrange the money and agreed to transfer some of the money to an e-wallet shared by the 'kidnapper'. But he insisted on proof that his brother was safe.
“This time, Rohit sent her a picture with a freight train in the background. While he didn't mention the location, Rohit claimed he was on the train. Amidst all these exchanges, the police found a Noted the text which read: 'I am hungry, send hundred rupees for now',” the DCP said.
As the sister continued to exchange messages with the 'abductor' late into the night, Rohit's father, Krishna Gopal, a constable in the 41 PAC battalion, lodged a complaint with the police in the early hours of Monday morning. Five police teams from Kushambi, the Trans-Hindon SWAT team and the crime branch were roped in to trace the youth.
During the investigation, the police found that the first set of pictures and texts were sent to Rohit's sister from Modinagar through the youth's phone. After that, the location of the phone kept changing — from Modinagar to Ghaziabad city, then Badayan, Shahjahanpur and finally Lucknow.
“The youth kept on changing cities deliberately, making our work difficult. His last location was found in Lucknow's Naka Hindola area. When a police team reached the spot around 6 pm, they found that the surrounding “Rohit was found walking alone outside one of the restaurants,” the officer said.
Rohit was brought back to Ghaziabad later that night. On Tuesday, he was arrested under BNS Section 140 (2) (kidnapping for ransom etc.).