A young man was allegedly kidnapped by his friends over an old dispute and held captive in Uttar Pradesh. The police rescued the victim and arrested four accused, who were sent to judicial custody after being produced in a city court.
According to the police, on June 5, a woman filed a complaint regarding the disappearance of her husband, Chandan Pandey. Based on the complaint, a case was registered under the relevant sections of the BNS at Rajendra Park police station.
During the investigation, the police began searching for Pandey and rescued him from Uttar Pradesh on the night of June 6. He was allegedly being held captive by four persons. Based on the victim’s statement, kidnapping-related charges were added to the case.
The police arrested four accused from Uttar Pradesh on June 7. They were identified as Abhilash, 26, Happy, 37, Tony, 34, all residents of Jahazgarh village in Gurugram district, and Satendra, 42, a resident of Asroli village in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh.
“During police interrogation, it was revealed that the victim, Chandan Pandey is addicted to drugs and had become acquainted with Abhilash, Tony, Satender and Happy, who are also allegedly drug users. A few days earlier, Chandan Pandey had assaulted Abhilash. On May 5, when Chandan Pandey went to Abhilash’s house, all four accused allegedly assaulted him in retaliation for the previous dispute. They then kidnapped and took him to Satendra’s house in Uttar Pradesh using Chandan’s own car and kept him confined there. After two days of police remand the accused were produced in court and sent into judicial custody”, said the spokesperson of the Gurugram police.
