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Close connected the heels of a constabulary constable’s engagement coming to the fore successful the ATM currency van robbery case, the Koramangala constabulary person solved the lawsuit of kidnapping of 4 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees from their bureau successful Koramangala connected Saturday (November 22). Eight people, including a serving constabulary constable, person been arrested.
The arrested person been identified arsenic Zabiulla, 30, a welder, Pavan, 30, a salesman dealing successful rejected items from an e-commerce platform, Atheeq, 30, besides dealing successful rejected items, Bharath, 26, a painter, and Prashanth Kumar, 26, a petrol pump attendant — each natives of Kolar. Other accused are Shabaj Ahmed, 45, a welder from K.R. Puram, Tejas Dave, 30, a store idiosyncratic from Ahmedabad, and constable Chalapathy.
According to the police, the accused posed arsenic constabulary officials and barged into a BPO bureau successful Koramangala. Under the pretext of an inquiry, they bundled 4 employees into a car and kidnapped them for a ransom.
The pack forced the victims to interaction a workfellow and request ₹20 lakh for their release. Before this, the accused had compelled them to transportation ₹8 lakh from their slope accounts to accounts controlled by the kidnappers.
Following a complaint, the Koramangala constabulary registered a lawsuit of kidnapping for ransom and arrested the accused erstwhile they arrived to cod the ransom amount. All 8 were produced earlier tribunal and person been remanded to 4 days successful constabulary custody.
The constabulary person besides seized 2 vehicles and recovered details of the digitally extorted money.
