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Chennai: Kidnapper gang arrested

On Monday evening when Abhijith visited the site, a gang kidnapped him, put him in an autorickshaw and fled the scene.

Chennai: The ICF police on Tuesday intercepted a gang within 24 hours of kidnapping a man.

The man, identified as Abijith Das( 35) was a construction supervisor and was from West Bengal. His job was to pay the employees and keep an eye on the construction, police sources said.

On Monday evening when Abhijith visited the site, a gang kidnapped him, put him in an autorickshaw and fled the scene. However, the construction workers alerted the ICF police.

The police traced the whereabouts of the gang and were able to nab six men from Vadapalani. The men revealed that Jyotsna, a woman who Abhijit was in love with planned to steal from him.

She asked Thirulorchand( 40) another construction worker to pose as her husband and confront him. She would steal from him while the duo fought, police sources said.

While fleeing from the site in ICF, the gang also withdrew Rs 40,000 from Abhijith’s bank account. The gang on their way to the hideout used Abhijith’s ATM card and swindled Rs 40,000.

The arrested were identified as Thirulorchand( 40) Bittu Kumar( 28) Rajendran(29) Jalaluddin( 38)Rajesh Kumar Das, (38) and Saravanan(37). They owned autorickshaws and were migrant workers from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

A case has been registered with the ICF police and all seven, including Jyotsna, have been remanded in judicial custody.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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