Recording studio owner arrested for kidnapping former employee

The victim was rushed to the hospital by his parents after which a case of kidnapping and assault was registered with Bangur Nagar police station.

Mumbai: A 23-year-old man was kidnapped and assaulted by his former employer and his accomplice over a business rivalry. The police arrested the complainant’s former employer, Ranvir Rajput, and his four accomplices on Saturday.

Rajput had met Kiraag and had threatened him last Wednesday

The complainant Anuj Bhagchandra Kiraag was working for Rajput in his film recording studio for the past two years where he had started as a fresher and had mastered the art of recording and editing.

The Bangur Nagar police officers said that a few months ago Kiraag had resigned and started his own recording studio in Goregaon. Officers said that Rajput had got information from his accomplices that Kiraag had been poaching his clients and had stolen a few video tapes from his studio.

Irked by this information, Rajput had met Kiraag and had threatened him last Wednesday. Kiraag did not budge and told Rajput that he would approach the police if he continued to threaten him.

On Friday the police officers said that Rajput and four of his friends identified as Sonu, Ashish, Sagar and Krishna abducted Kiraag when he was leaving his studio at 11 pm and drove him to Palghar in Rajput’s four-wheeler. The accused then took Kiraag to Rajput’s farmhouse in Palghar and assaulted him demanding he close his studio and return the videos that he had stolen from Rajput’s studio.

“On Saturday early morning, Rajput and other accused left Kiraag near his house in Goregaon West and fled,” said a police officer from Bangur Nagar police station.

The victim was rushed to the hospital by his parents after which a case of kidnapping and assault was registered with Bangur Nagar police station.

“Based on Kiraag’s statement, we had registered a case against the five accused and arrested them on Saturday,” added the officer.