Jodhpur:A 22-year-old MCA student was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by a gang for a ransom of Rs 50 lakh in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district.
The youth was allegedly forced to drink urine, beaten up with a belt and threatened by firing in the air. The miscreants had also filmed a video of the torture. Finally, he was let off to arrange for the money but the miscreants saved a photograph of his Aadhar Card, threatening to kill him if he informed police.
Based on a complaint lodged by the youth, a case was registered at Uday Mandir police station and three persons were taken into custody while one is still absconding, police said.
Uday Mandir police station in-charge Surendra Singh said the youth, a resident of Kota, is doing MCA from Lachu College in Jodhpur and staying with his brother-in-law here. A case has been registered against Vakil Modi, Ashfaq, Wajid Khan and Saud on Saturday, he said.
According to the complainant, he has been friends with one of the accused, Vakil Modi, for a year. At around 6 pm on October 11, he was standing below his brother-in-law's flat to board a bus to his coaching centre, when a car stopped near him. Vakil Modi was sitting in the passenger seat while Wajid was driving the car. They asked him to get inside the car and when he tried to turned down the lift, Modi dragged him by his neck into the vehicle and closed the door. Ashfaq was also sitting in the car and all three of them started beating him up, the complainant said.
The complainant said that after sometime, the miscreants stopped the car near the old stadium, from where Saud boarded the vehicle. After which, they reached Tanhapir Dargah, where they forced him to drink urine and on refusing, they beat him up with a belt and an iron chain. The miscreants also shot a video of the entire act.