This story is from January 12, 2020

Patna: Jeweller’s brother kidnapped

A jewellery shop owner Rakesh Kumar Gupta’s younger brother Mukesh Kumar Gupta has been allegedly kidnapped from Saguna Mor area under Danapur police station in western Patna on Friday.
Patna: Jeweller’s brother kidnapped
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PATNA: A jewellery shop owner Rakesh Kumar Gupta’s younger brother Mukesh Kumar Gupta has been allegedly kidnapped from Saguna Mor area under Danapur police station in western Patna on Friday.
An FIR in this connection was lodged by Rakesh with Danapur police station on Saturday. Rakesh owns a jewellery shop on Kharanja Road.
Rakesh, in his FIR, has alleged that Mukesh had gone to meet someone on a bike after receiving a call while he was sitting inside the jewellery shop.
Rakesh said when Mukesh did not return for several hours, he called on his cellphone but his brother did not respond. Later, Mukesh called and asked him to give some jewellery to a person who would soon reach the shop.
According to the FIR, a person on Mukesh’s bike reached the shop and returned after taking silver jewellery worth around Rs17,500. However, Mukesh’s cellphone was switched off after sometime and he did not return home.
Danapur police station SHO Rajesh Kumar Sinha said the matter was being investigated and efforts were on to trace Mukesh.
Four arrested: Four criminals were arrested near a hospital at Saguna Mor under Danapur police station area with arms and ammunition on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. They were planning to kill a trader, police said. The arrested criminals were identified as Deepu Rai, Cheeku Kumar, Arjun Singh and Rajesh Kumar. Three country-made pistols and 23 live cartridges were recovered from their possession.
Patna SSP Upendra Sharma said they were paid Rs3 lakh by two criminals lodged in Beur jail to kill a trader. Deepu is accused in six criminal cases lodged with different police stations in Patna City.
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