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Seven held for abducting Delhi doctor, his compounder

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New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Seven persons have been arrestedfor abducting a doctor and his compounder from south eastDelhi’s Jaitpur area last week and demanding a ransom of Rs 25crore, police said today. 40-year-old Vinod Kumar and his compounder Ajay (21) wererescued by a team of Delhi Police including officials of theSpecial Cell from Etah in UP on August 18 after the policetraced Kumar’s cell phone, used by the abductors to make theransom call, they said. Several police teams swooped down in the area forcing theabductors to flee, abandoning the doctor and his compounder,to evade arrest, DCP (southeast) Mandeep Singh Randhawa said. The duo were rescued from a forest area in Etah andraids were conducted to nab the culprits. Two of theaccused — Ram Besh and Chattar Pal were held from FarukhabadRoad in Kayamganj in Uttar Pradesh, he said. Kumar and Ajay were abducted while returning home toFaridabad from the clinic in Saurabh Vihar on Jaitpur on thenight of September 12. A case of kidnapping was registered atJaitpur police station on a complaint by the doctor’s father,he added. The complainant received a ransom call of Rs 25 crore andwhen he expressed his inability to pay the amount, theabductors brought it down to Rs 39 lakh, Randhawa said. During interrogation, the two accused disclosed the namesof their accomplices as — Mukesh, Manish, Rahul, Gaurav andVipin who were later arrested by police teams from differentareas in Delhi and Gurgaon, he said. Further interrogation led to the revelation that Manishresided near Kumar’s clinic and was aware about hisflourishing business. Around two months back, three men of hisnative village came to live with him and they planned theabduction. They were joined by brothers Rahul and Gaurav,residents of Gurgaon. Police recovered belongings of the doctor including Rs32,000 cash, watch and a gold chain, besides the motorbikesand the car used in abduction, the DCP said. PTI APA VIT ASVRGASV

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