Boy kidnapped for ransom in Jalna, rescued; his neighbour among 3 held

The police have rescued a 13yearold boy in Maharashtras Jalna district who had been allegedly kidnapped for ransom and arrested three people including his neighbour an official said on Wednesday reported the PTIThe rescued boy is a son of a trader based in Jalna district of the stateThe boy was rescued hours after three persons including his neighbour kidnapped him and demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh from his father an official according to the PTIThe drama that began on Tuesday morning ended around 9 pm with the arrest of the three accused he said as per the PTIThe accused are identified as Rohit Bhurewal Arbaz Shaikh and Nitin Sharma said District Superintendent of Police SP Ajaykumar BansalThe victim is a son of an ayurvedic medicines trader he said the news agency reported on WednesdayOn Tuesday morning the boy went to his school But after some time the boys father received a call in which the callers told him that his son was kidnapped and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore for his release The kidnappers threatened to give some harmful injection to the boy if their demands were not met he said as per the PTIThe trader checked with the school and learnt that his son did not turn up prompting him to approach the Sadar Bazar police station and the District Superintendent of PoliceWe immediately launched a rescue operation Throughout the day the kidnappers kept calling the boys father and brought down the ransom amount to Rs 20 lakh The kidnappers asked him to keep the money bag at a local petrol pump Bansal saidAs per the plan the boys father left the bag at the designated spot while the police personnel were hiding nearby As the main accused Bhurewal came there to pick up the bag the police staffers pounced on him and arrested him he said the PTI reportedDuring his questioning Bhurewal told the police that his accomplices were waiting with the boy at some other spot The police quickly moved in and arrested Shaikh and Sharma They rescued the teenager from their clutches and seized the car and the motorcycle used in the crime along with two walkietalkie phones he addedBhurewal the mastermind of the crime is a neighbour of the victim He devised the plan with his two employees to extort money Bansal said adding that a case of extortion and kidnapping was registered in this connectionwith PTI inputs