Police have arrested Ritik´s maternal uncle´s daughter Kalpana Chaudhary, 18, and her boyfriend Noor Mohamed Nadaf, 18, of Loharpatti-6, Mahottari, for kidnapping the boy. [break]
Chaudhary, a 12th grader at New Millennium Campus in Janakpur, and Nadaf have confessed to the police that they planned the kidnapping. Chaudhary told the police that she resorted to kidnapping so as to ensure higher education to Nadaf. Chaudhary is in a relationship for a year now.
Ritik´s mother Ranjana had moved to her parent´s house for Dashain festival. She was sleeping when Ritik was abducted last Saturday.
Ranjana received a call from Nadaf hours after the abduction and told her that her son had been kidnapped. In the second call, the kidnapper demanded Rs 5 million in ransom. Police were immediately informed about the kidnapping.
Nadaf told the police that after abducting the boy, he took him on a motorcycle to Godar village located 50 kilometers from Bindhi. The boy was kept at one Ritesh Jaiswal´s house that night and at Shatrughan Sharma´s house on Sunday.
On Monday, the boy was moved to the house of Sharma´s sister-in-law. On Tuesday, Nadaf returned to Janakpur and was prepared to release the boy for whatever cash he could get hold of in ransom.
He put the boy in one Jafar Khan´s house at Rajaul, Janakpur-14.
In a state of panic after keeping the boy captive for three days, he made repeated calls to the boy´s parents and lowered the ransom amount to Rs 3 million. The parents agreed and Janaki Eye Hospital at Ramananda Chowk, Janakpur, was chosen for ransom payment.
Accompanied by plainclothes policemen, Ranjana reached the spot at 4 am Wednesday. The kidnapper changed the venue multiple times, and police kept urging Ranjana to do as the kidnapper instructed.
Eventually, Inspector Santosh Khadka spotted a motorcyclist and jumped at him, bringing the motorcyclist to ground. It was Nadaf riding the motorcycle (Ja 3 Pa 524).
Police arrested him and freed the boy.
Following Nadaf´s confession, police also arrested the boy´s cousin sister Chaudhary. The two could face between seven to 15 years jail term.
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