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Three men were arrested by the Gandhi Nagar constabulary for kidnapping a 28-year-old antheral and extorting wealth from him pursuing an online betting-related quality successful Secunderabad. The accused were produced earlier a tribunal and remanded to judicial custody, constabulary said connected Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
The arrested men were identified arsenic Uggi Veeresh, 34, a cab driver, Gaddala Kranthi Kumar, 35, a backstage employee, and Thudi Shyam Sundhar, 32, a motorcycle mechanic, each residents of the Kushaiguda area. According to the police, the trio lured the victim, 28-year-old Bhalaiya Kaushik Kumar Dalabhai, to cod ₹3 lakh allegedly owed to him for playing a roulette crippled done an online betting application.
Police said that connected January 31, the accused kidnapped the unfortunate successful a car from adjacent CGO Towers astatine Kavadiguda and took him to Jangaon, wherever helium was threatened with decease and a ransom request of ₹1 crore was made. The accused aboriginal extorted ₹4 lakh from the unfortunate done slope transfers earlier abandoning him the adjacent greeting astatine Raigiri successful Yadagirigutta.
Following a complaint, Gandhi Nagar constabulary launched an probe and apprehended the accused astatine ECIL X roads. An magnitude of ₹3.5 lakh and the car utilized successful the transgression were recovered from their possession. Further probe is underway.
