Thane Doctor kidnapped, released after Rs 30 lakh ransom; 5 arrested
Thane: The Murbad police have arrested five persons for allegedly kidnapping a 38-year-old doctor and extorting Rs 30 lakh from him last year in Maharashtra's Thane district. The abductors called his wife and forced her to pay the ransom.
Police have arrested five persons for allegedly kidnapping a 38-year-old doctor and extorting Rs 30 lakh from him last year in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said.
The doctor was on his scooter on October 22, 2022, when a man took a lift from him. After they travelled some distance, the man and his associates, who also arrived there, allegedly took the doctor forcibly in a car to a forest at Saralgaon in the Murbad area, covered his eyes and beat him up.
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The accused also called up the doctor’s wife and allegedly extorted Rs 30 lakh before releasing him, Murbad police station’s senior inspector Prasad Pandhare said.
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