Abduction ploy: 4 nabbed

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Adugodi police on Wednesday arrested four persons for allegedly kidnapping and robbing a beef seller by claiming themselves to be activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the city.

According to the police, the incident took place on September 10 when the complainant, Javed, was transporting beef from Ramanagara district to Tilaknagar in Bengaluru.

Javed was supposed to deliver beef to various shops including the one run by the prime accused Mohammad, who owned a shop in Adugodi Police Station limits here.

The other accused were identified as Madhu, Dinesh and Karthik. Three associates of Mohammad had waylaid the vehicle near Mico Layout signal, claiming themselves as RSS activists.

The accused then kidnapped Javed along with the vehicle and demanded Rs 1 lakh to release him. Javed handed over Rs 10,000 which he had at that time after which the accused took his vehicle asking him to collect it from a different spot.

Though the vehicle was found, the beef had disappeared. Javed filed a police complaint in this regard. The Audugodi police, who took up the investigation, tracked down the accused.

During interrogation, the accused had revealed that they carried out the crime as perMohammad's directions.