3 gangsters wanted in kidnapping case arrested after brief shootout
New Delhi, May 10: Three gangsters involved in a kidnapping case were arrested here after a brief shootout, police said on Thursday.
A special police team arrested Manjeet Dabas, 32, Arshu Shokeen, 30, and Bhagat, 30, involved in the kidnapping of a 20-year-old son of an ex-councillor of outer Dehi area in September 2016.
Police had earlier announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh for the arrest of Dabas and Rs 50,000 each for Shokeen and Bhagat.
Special Cell Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said Shokeen was arrested from Jhajjar in Haryana late Wednesday evening. He was taken to Delhi and interrogated, during which he told police that his two accomplices Dabas and Bhagat will visit Darwka's Sector 23 late in the night to meet him, following which they too were arrested.
Police investigation revealed that Dabas and accomplice Mahesh Thekedar were the kingpin of the kidnap conspiracy, the officer said.
The victim was signalled to stop by one of the accused wearing a traffic policeman's uniform and another in khaki. As the victim stopped his car, an SUV arrived at the spot and the victim was bundled into it and whisked away.
The victim was taken to Sirsa in Haryana and then to Navalgarh in Rajasthan and Hansi in Haryana.
After the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 50 crore, the ex-councillor paid Rs one crore and promised another Rs one crore after the safe release of his son.
The victim was released in Gurugram on October 3, 2016.
Later, the case was transferred to the Delhi Police Crime Branch.
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Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon after obituary tributes
New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Monday after paying tributes to departed members of the House, including two MPs who won the parliamentary elections this year.
As soon as the House met on the first day of the Winter Session, Speaker Om Birla mentioned the deaths of Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, who was elected to the House from Nanded constituency in Maharashtra and Sk Nurul Islam, who was elected from the Basirhat seat in West Bengal.
Birla also mentioned the deaths of three former members -- M. M. Lawrence (Kerala), M Parvathi (Andhra Pradesh) and Harischandra Devram Chavan (Maharashtra) -- and paid respects to them.
After the House remained silent for some time as a mark of respect to the departed leaders, the Speaker adjourned the House till 12 noon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, DMK leader T R Baalu, and Congress' Gaurav Gogoi were among those present in the Lower House.
Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan, son of deceased MP Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, got elected as MP from Nanded in the just concluded by-elections.
