Kidnapping of rice-mill owner's son: kingpin arrested

Haryana Police today claimed to have arrested the key accused in the kidnapping of the son of a local rice-mill owner from outside his house a fortnight ago.
Balwant Singh alias Bobby (37), the key accused in the kidnapping of Aditya Singla (27), was arrested in a raid, following a tip-off, from his house in Amin village, about 8 km from here, Superintendent of Police Simmardeep Singh said.
Balwant works as an assistant lineman at the power house in Kalram village in Karnal district, the SP said.
During interrogation, Balwant confessed that he roped in Kamal Saini of Kurukshetra and Anil Mittal, Sukhbir Kala of Karnal in the kidnapping plan with an aim to become "rich overnight," the SP said.

The accused told police that they conducted recce of the area for few days and abducted Aditya on August 23 when he came out of his house alone for a walk, the SP said.
The kidnappers used two cars for the purpose. Aditya was kidnapped in a black car owned by Mittal and a white car owned by Kala was following it as a spare vehicle in case of any breakdown, the SP added.

The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 4 crore for Aditya's release.
Police had even conducted raid at a place between Madhuban and Karnal on August 25 where the ransom money of Rs 2 crore was paid. However, abductors managed to escape with the money, releasing Aditya who returned home on August 30.

Police had already identified five accused in this case and also recovered an amount of Rs 1,74,36,000 out of the ransom money from Mittal's house, the SP added.