'Abducted' BSP aspirant rescued after 5 days by police

BSP aspirant from Burhana Mohammad Arif Zola has been rescued five days after he was reportedly abducted, police said today.
According to the police, Arif (40) had left his house on his own due to financial issues and returned because of increasing police pressure, but there was speculation that his relatives have paid a ransom of Rs two crore to his abductors.
SSP J Ravinder Gaur said on July 12, Arif had left his house for Mehrauli, where he stayed for two days before leaving for Chandigarh first and then Panipat.
Seeing the news of his abduction on television, he feared arrest and arrived at his brother Irfan's house in Delhi from where he informed his relatives of his whereabouts, he said.

The relatives informed the police following which they secured Arif from Delhi late last night, said the SSP.
Arif was brought to Meerut by a police team this morning.

He has reportedly told the police that on the day of the incident, two children had come to him and made him sniff a biscuit after which he fell unconscious.
Subsequently, the abductors took him to an unknown place. Last night, he somehow managed to give his abductors the slip and arrived at his brother's house in Delhi, said the SSP.
Arif was later questioned by police.
The news of his abduction surfaced on July 12. His car was found parked in Dabka village under Kankarkhera police station here. A mobile phone and the car keys were recovered from it.

Police had formed a 21-member team to crack the case. The police team had enquired at a few hotels in connection with the incident.