Blinded by love, a 20-year-old girl orchestrated the kidnapping of her 5-year-old cousin and almost got him killed to help her boyfriend pay his gambling debts.
Aditya, son of businessman Bharat Bhalchandani who owns Mansarovar Hotel near Maninagar railway station, was rescued within 10 hours of being kidnapped on Tuesday. A demand of Rs 1 crore ransom was made.
By Wednesday morning, the cops had arrested four people, among them Bhalchandani's niece Payal-who lives in the same house. She has been accused of masterminding the kidnapping to help her boyfriend Nishant Sethe clear debts of Rs 10 lakh. In his initial complaint, Bhalchandani had said both Payal and Aditya were kidnapped when they went out to buy medicines on Tuesday.
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At around 9.30 pm, he got the ransom call. Police tracked the cellphones and asked Bhalchandani to keep negotiating with the kidnappers. The plan worked. The kidnappers settled for Rs 25 lakh in cash and Rs 20 lakh worth of jewellery. Two men on a motorcycle came to collect the ransom and were arrested. The cops were surprised to find Payal standing not far from them. Questioning revealed they planned to kill Aditya whether or not they got the money as he would have exposed the plot. Questioning of the two revealed Aditya had been locked up in a closed office on the seventh floor of Wall Street building near Gujarat College. When the cops reached there, they found Nishant standing guard. Deputy commissioner of police Himanshu Shukla said the four planned to kill Aditya whether they got the money or not, as he would have exposed the plot. COURTSEY TOI
