Uttar Pradesh: Abducted doctor rescued, four arrested in Chandauli

VARANASI: Chandauli police rescued a homeopathy practitioner safely along with the ransom amount of Rs 40.5 lakh paid to the kidnappers, following an exchange of fire near Bilaridih underpass under the limits of Alinagar police station in Chandauli on Wednesday early morning.
Four kidnappers, including one injured in the encounter, were arrested by the police. The additional chief secretary (home) announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh for the police team for this achievement.
Producing the rescued homeopathic doctor Amareshwar Das Maurya of Raiya village of Balua area before reporters, the IG Varanasi range SK Bhagat and SP Chandauli Amit Kumar said that as per the strategy finalised by the police team, Maurya’s father informed the kidnappers that they have arranged Rs 40.5 lakh. The kidnappers asked him to reach Ramnagar after midnight, said Bhagat adding, the kidnappers collected the cash from the doctor’s father but did not relaesed the doctor. The kidnappers left in a car and entered the Kataria underpass to move towards Chandauli when they were surrounded by the police, said Kumar. Sensing the trouble, the kidnappers abandoned the car and tried to escape.
While trying to escape, the kidnappers opened fire on the police team, said the officials adding that the cops also retaliated injuring one of the them, later identified as Rajiv Singh, in leg. The police nabbed him and his accomplice identified as Suresh Yadav and also seized the car after recovering the ransom amount of Rs 40.5lakh, arms and ammunition from their possession, said Kumar.
On the basis of the information divulged by Yadav, the police raided a house in Tengramod area and rescued Maurya after nabbing two other kidnappers- Abhishek alias Satyam Patel and Prateek Tripathi.
The kidnappers revealed that plan for kidnapping Maurya was prepared by one Akash Singh. They kidnapped Maurya on May 31 and then called his father to demand Rs 70 lakh as ransom. On the complaint of Maurya’s father police lodged a case of kidnapping. SP Chandauli had formed several teams to workout this case.
Bhagat said that appreciating the achievement of Chandauli police the ACS (home) announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh for the team.