Six held from Bengaluru for abducting businessman
Hyderabad, Dec 17: Six people, who allegedly abducted a 50-year-old businessman from the city to recover their chit invested amount and took him to Bengaluru, have been arrested and the man rescued within 24 hours of the crime, police said on Tuesday.
The businessman, who earlier resided in Bengaluru, used to run chit fund business and did not repay the amount of Rs 5 lakh invested by two friends of the arrested men even after completion of the chit period, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said in a release.
Then he shifted to Hyderabad and on one pretext or the other was evading to return the amount, the release said.
The six men then hatched a plan to kidnap him for recovery of the amount and abducted him on December 15 afternoon, it said.
They took him to Bengaluru in a car and lodged him in a lodge, the Commissioner said.
Based on a complaint from the businessman's wife, a police team identified the six men and nabbed all of them from Bengaluru by 2 pm on December 16.
The businessman was rescued and all of them were brought to Hyderabad, the release added.
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BJP will form govt in Bengal with thumping majority: Nabin
Mirzapur (UP) (PTI): BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the government in West Bengal with a "thumping majority".
Polling is underway for 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, covering key districts, including Kolkata, Howrah and North and South 24 Parganas.
The high-stakes contest is being seen as decisive for the ruling TMC's bid for a fourth consecutive term and the BJP's push to form its first government in the state. The first phase held on April 23 recorded a high voter turnout of over 93 per cent, reflecting intense electoral engagement.
Speaking to reporters in Mirzapur, Nabin said, "The BJP will form the government in Bengal. We are winning the elections with a massive majority."
Earlier in the day, the BJP chief visited the Vindhyavasini temple and offered prayers. The rituals were conducted by his priest Acharya Agastya Kumar Dwivedi.
On his first visit to the district after assuming office, Nabin was welcomed by party workers at several places. At the temple, he was received by city MLA Ratnakar Mishra and District Magistrate Pawan Kumar Gangwar, who felicitated him with a traditional 'angvastram'.
After offering prayers for about 10 minutes amid Vedic chants, Nabin held a meeting at a hotel with local MLAs, including Mishra, Majhwan MLA Suchismita Maurya and Madihan MLA Ramashankar Patel.
Patel said Nabin emphasised strengthening the organisation and asked public representatives to focus on serving people in their respective constituencies.
Several party leaders, including district president Lal Bahadur Saroj, district vice-president Gaurav Umar, municipal chairperson Shyam Sundar Kesari, women workers and senior officials, were present on the occasion.
Elaborate security arrangements were put in place by the district administration for the visit, with multiple officers of circle officer rank deployed, officials said.
