Man honey-trapped, abducted, two arrested

NEW DELHI: The Police have arrested a woman and her associate for befriending and abducting a man and demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from his family.

NEW DELHI: The Police have arrested a woman and her associate for befriending and abducting a man and demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from his family.

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The woman, whose name police did not reveal, and Santosh Kumar, 38, reportedly honey-trapped one Rajneesh Singh and kept him locked in a room for 10 days.

Rajneesh’s brother Parveen Singh had registered a case on August 11. He told police that Rajneesh had been missing from five days and he suspect that someone had kidnapped him.

“The police mounted manual and technical surveillance to crack the case,” DCP, (east) Rishi Pal said.

“The kidnappers called the family from Rajneesh’s phone and asked them to deposit Rs 10 lakh ransom in his account. The family got scared and deposited Rs 20,000 in Rajnish’s account and asked for some time to arrange the balance,” the DCP said.

Based on the surveillance of the phone, the police arrested Santosh and rescued Rajneesh. On the instance of Santosh, his woman friend was also arrested. The abductors took Rajneesh hostage in a rented room in Bhopura, Sahibabad.