Hyderabad: Abductor Sheshu Kumar’s desire to become a film star led him to kidnap Abhay Modani and ask for a huge ransom.
15-year-old Abhay was kidnapped last week when he had gone to buy idlis. At night, the abductors demanded a ransom of Rs 10 crore. And despite the family agreeing to pay Rs 5 crore, he was killed. Abhay’s body was found stuffed in a carton outside the railway station.
Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy said, “Sheshu and his friends Ravi and Mohan watched the Tollywood film Oka Romantic Prema Katha a few days before the kidnapping. The film gave them the idea to kidnap someone and make money.”
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When they informed Abhay that he had been kidnapped, the boy gave them his aunt’s contact number and requested them to let him go. But fearing he may raise an alarm, they tied his hands and legs with packing tape and covered his mouth and nose with the same tape.
Sheshu Kumar, 20, from East Godavari, Pondara Ravi, 21, and N. Rammohan, 23, both from Srikakulam, had met in Ranchi in 2014 while they were working for a MLM company. Sheshu left the job as he could not make money and later worked at a sweet store in Adilabad for six months.
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Lifestyle made Abhay target
Abhay’s luxurious lifestyle made him a target of the kidnappers. Seshu used to often meet Abhay and other boys of Gyanbagh Colony. It was during these meetings that he observed Abhay’s rich lifestyle — though Abhay was studying SSC, he had a scooter at his disposal and a smartphone.
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“Abhay often used to say his father had lots of money. Hearing the claims, Seshu then thought they would get a huge ransom which he could use to learn dance and realise his film industry dreams,” said city police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy.
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Also, while the accused were shifting Abhay’s body to the Secunderabad they dumped his mobile and spectacles at Hindi Nagar.
