2 taken off flight, arrested for murder, abduction

Two men were taken off a flight and arrested by the Special Task Force after a last-minute chase at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here for killing two persons and abducting a government official.
Mohd Imran and Jitesh, working as bouncers in Mumbai, were arrested on Wednesday after the STF officials, probing the kidnapping of UP Jal Nigam Section Officer Abdul Saleem, ascertained their whereabouts by tracking a transaction at a massage centre at the airport, an official said.
The duo along with Sandeep Singh (38) and his girlfriend Neetu (35) had on August 7 abducted Saleem from here and taken him to Allahabad. They released him on August 9 after a ransom of Rs 10 lakh was deposited in their account, he said.

On getting the ransom, they killed Singh and Neetu in Allahabad and booked an air ticket for travelling to Mumbai. They used Sandeep's debit card for a transaction of Rs 6,200 at the airport's massage center.
The STF officials tracked the transaction, spoke with the airport director and got the flight, which had reached the runway, stopped, he said.
Based on the information provided by the accused during their interrogation, police yesterday arrested three others in connection with the case.