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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Hearing in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi postponed till March 27
Sultanpur (UP) (PTI): Hearing in the defamation case involving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which was scheduled to take place on Monday at the MP-MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, could not take place due to the non-appearance of the plaintiff Vijay Mishra.
The court will now hear this matter on March 27.
Santosh Kumar Pandey, the advocate of the plaintiff, on Monday said that he had submitted a formal application to the court during the previous hearing.
This application requested that the audio and video recordings of the statements made by Rahul Gandhi, which have been presented as evidence, be matched with Rahul Gandhi's authentic voice.
Due to Vijay Mishra's absence, the court has scheduled the next hearing for March 27, when the arguments in the case will be presented.
On February 20, Gandhi, the MP from Raebareli, had appeared before the court and recorded his statement, claiming the case was filed against him due to political vendetta. He had also told the court that the audio and video evidence submitted by the complainant was incorrect and said he would present his own evidence.
The case stems from Gandhi's alleged objectionable remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah during the 2018 Karnataka election campaign.
Following the remarks, Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj under Kotwali Dehat police station area in Sultanpur, filed the defamation complaint.
In December 2023, the court had issued a warrant against Gandhi after he failed to appear before it. He later surrendered before the court in February 2024 and was granted bail on two surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each.
