Two arrested for kidnapping man, demanding ransom from family in Gujarat's Ahmedabad: police

Police said that the accused asked the family of the victim to pay the ransom online on Paytm, which the family denied.

Ahmedabad: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two youths for allegedly kidnapping a man and demanding Rs 20,000 as ransom from the family in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. The arrested accused have been identified as Arif alias Bhuro Ghanchi and Bilal alias Arbaaz Shaikh. A police spokesman said that the arrested accused duo kidnapped Arjun Balai, who had come by rickshaw from Rajasthan, from Sarkhej area and demanded a ransom of Rs 20,000 from his family.

The accused, police said, asked the family to pay them the ransom online on Paytm. The family refused to give the cash and informed the police control room about the kidnapping. Following the complaint by the family of the victim, different police teams were set up to trace the kidnapped man. The police have succeeded to free the victim while the extortionists have also been arrested by the police.

S.D. Patel, ACP M Division said that during the interrogation, it came to light that the accused duo have a criminal history and had consumed drugs at the time of the crime. Police is moving the court to take the accused on remand the while further investigation is going on, the ACP said. Police said that the arrested digital extortionist Arif alias Bhooro is a rickshaw puller and hails from Sanand.

Whereas Bilal alias Arbaaz Sheikh is a resident of Juhapura. It said that Bilal used to find passengers for rickshaw pullers in return of commission. On the day of the crime, the rickshaw puller decided to extort money by kidnapping the victim passenger. Police said that Arif is the mastermind of the kidnapping against whom four crimes have already been registered.