A couple and their two associates roped in professional kidnappers and allegedly got themselves abducted along with a businessman friend so that they can get a part of the ransom.
According to the police, the whole plot was hatched by Arun Vohra, Shivika Chauhan, Sunny and Raj Walia. Vohra was having an affair with Shivika Chauhan and after knowing that one Saurabh Ahuja is having good property and cash, they, along with Sunny and Raju Walia, hatched a conspiracy to make quick bucks.
"Sunny contacted Sunil Rathee who was a history-sheeter and had good links with other criminals. Rathee, in turn, contacted Amit Dhayia having past involvement in kidnapping, and Kishan, Ravi Hooda and Sandeep Sharma and formed a gang of kidnappers.
"The gang kidnapped Saurabh Ahuja, a businessman in Shalimar Bagh, and demanded a ransom of Rs 2 crore. The money was to be divided equally between the conspirators and the actual kidnappers. The conspirators pretended that they have also been kidnapped and have paid ransom amount to free themselves," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
Sunil Rathee (30), a resident of Bahadurgarh, Haryana, Krishan (22) a resident of Rohtak, Haryana who is a national level kabbadi player, Ravi Hooda (22), Sandeep Sharma alias Pandit (21) both residents of Rohtak were arrested by the Crime BRanch of Delhi Police yesterday while Arun Vohra, Shivika Chauhan, Sunny and Raj Walia are still on the run, said Yadav.
A case in this regard was registered at Shalimar Bagh police station regarding the kidnapping of Ahuja from his rest house in Shalimar Bagh.
Ahuja, the complainant, had reported that he was kidnapped by 4-5 persons from his rest house along with his friends Manish, alias Sunny, and Shivika Chauhan and was kept confined in a room and beaten up, police said.
He was asked to make phone calls to his bank managers and family members and to pay Rs 2 crore. They forced him to pay Rs 18 lakh in cash. Later they also brought his other colleagues namely Raj Walia and Arun Vohra and took a ransom amount of Rs 80 lakh from Raj Walia.
"But he later realized that actually the main conspiracy was planned by his colleagues and they were pretending to have been also kidnapped. Later on, it was revealed that they were not kidnapped and they were the real conspirators," said Yadav.
They had hired professional kidnappers from Bahadurgarh and Rohtak, Haryana. Sunil Rathee, Krishan, Ravi Hooda and Sandeep Sharma were arrested yesterday, said Yadav.
