New Delhi, August 19: Relatives and friends of victims, not professional gangs, were behind the majority of kidnapping cases in the national capital this year, police said today. Out of 21 cases of kidnapping for ransom reported in the national capital this year so far, in 19 cases the accused were either relatives or business associates or friends.
This was disclosed by Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal at a press conference here. “It is not that professional gangs are involved in kidnappings in the city,” he said.
“We have worked out 19 out of the 21 cases this year while in one case, the person came back on his own,” Dadwal added. Recently, two persons allegedly abducted a copperwire dealer, with whom one of the accused had business transactions, for a ransom of Rs two crore.
The accused were arrested and Rs 1.38 crore was recovered. In another case, a class XII student, Ribu Chawla, was kidnapped by a person whom he had befriended at a local gymnasium for a ransom of Rs 15 lakh.
Later fearing arrest, the friend, a body-builder, and his three associates allegedly killed Chawla. Dadwal also said that he wanted Deputy Commissioners of Police at district level to personally check and verify with senior citizens about their security.
—Agencies