Searching for drugs, foreign national kidnapped by peddler

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Bommanahalli police arrested six people for allegedly abducting an Australian National who had visited the city recently.

The accused were identified as Monish, 24; Lokesh, 22; Kishore Rao, 19; Aadi, 21; Dilip Kumar, 26 and Satish, 25, all native of Tamil Nadu, staying at a rented accomodation in Bengaluru.

Settled in Australia, Alok Rana, an engineer, had recently visited Bengaluru to meet his brother, Amit Rana, a businessman here.

Alok Rana, who was allegedly searching for a drug supplier in Bengaluru, met Monish and purchased drugs from him by paying him double the price. Monish assumes that kidnapping Rana for a ransom can make him rich quickly.

Plotting the kidnapping, the accused roped in his friends for assistance in the crime.

Monish called Alok Rana to a spot on the pretext of selling him drugs, and allegedly abducted him with the help of his friends.

Rana was taken to a house where he was lodged and assaulted. As per the complaint filed by the victim, the accused extorted Rs 1,38,000 from him and later demanded more.

However he managed to escape from the gang and returned to his brother. Currently, the victim is being treated for his injuries.

Amit Rana approached a senior police officer for help and following his instruction, filed a complaint at Bommanahalli Police Station.

In a swift action, the police tracked the six accused within 24 hours of registering the complaint.