12 July,2011 06:22 AM IST | | A Correspondent
The plan of kidnapping and killing a city businessman backed by don Ravi Pujari
Central Crime Branchu00a0 sleuths foiled another operation backed by Ravi Pujari to kidnap and murder a businessman in the city and arrested three of the criminals. The initial plan was to kidnap the unnamed victim and demand a ransom and if the victim's family refused to cough up the sum, they were to kill him.
Road to treachery: Keshav, Raghavendra, and Narasimhamurthy, are
associates of Kali Yogesh and Harish Tolar, who execute Pujari's orders
in the city
The accused identified as Keshav Pradeep (41), Raghavendra (30), and Narasimhamurthy (40), are associates of Kali Yogesh and Harish Tolar, who execute Pujari's orders in the city.
The gang gathered information on the businessman and passed it on to Pujari, who in turn telephoned the victim demanding ransom. The victim fearing for his life approached the police, following which the accused who trailed the businessman informed Pujary about the complaint.
Enraged by this, the don ordered his men to kidnap the businessman and kill him after collecting the ransom from his family. However, the plan was foiled when the CCB team working on a tip off, swung into action and nabbed the accused while they were waiting to kidnap the businessman.
During the raid, two criminals identified as Kumar and Dhruva managed to escape. "Efforts are on to nab the accused who managed to escape during the operation," said ACP B N Nyame Gowda.
In the past
Recently, Pujary made a ransom call to the Cable Operators Association president demanding around Rs 5 crore.
When the victim said he could not pay because his business was failing, Pujary offered to take over from him.
