A jewelry shop owner from Betul was kidnapped on Tuesday night but was successfully rescued by police within six hours of the abduction. The kidnappers initially demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh.
Betul Superintendent of Police Nishchal Jharia reported that Roshni Soni filed a complaint stating that her husband, Krishna Soni, was abducted by four individuals while he was closing his shop. The assailants lured Krishna into their car under the pretext of mortgaging gold.
After the kidnapping, the perpetrators contacted Roshni, demanding the ransom. They instructed her to deposit the money into their account. In response, she transferred Rs 15,000, and a relative of Krishna contributed an additional Rs 50,000. Upon learning of the situation, police swiftly sealed the bank account to prevent further transactions.
Utilizing digital evidence, law enforcement tracked the kidnappers’ vehicle to Nagpur. A police raid on their hideout led to the rescue of Krishna and the arrest of four suspects: Manjed Khan, Jameer Beg, Varun Batti, and Pratik Nalla, all residents of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra. Authorities also seized the vehicle, four mobile phones, and Rs 65,000 that had been given as ransom.
