"Things have now turned nastier and we need to scale up efforts to curb them," said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hridaya Thapa, who heads the Anti-kidnapping Cell at Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD). [break]
MPCD on Wednesday rescued Yam Kumar Thapa, 23, a manpower agent, from a private house at New Baneshwar where he had been held captive for last two days by two youths. Pemba Chhiring Sherpa and Pemda Tendy Sherpa wanted to recover Rs 1,50,000 Thapa had taken from them promising employment opportunity in Singapore. MPCD had rescued Thapa in a ´deal and bust´ operation.
Just two weeks ago, MPCD had rescued Khagendra Phuyal, 28, of Old Baneshwar, from Swoyambhu where he was held hostage by two persons. The case brought to light how kidnapping had become an organized business for criminals.
Pasang Moktan, 33, and Dhan Bahadur Limbu, 31, had formed Rastriya Mukti Andolan Party and Rescue Nepal respectively with the sole motive of picking up people at somebody´s behest for recovering money. Limbu is known to be an active YCL cadre based in Swayambhu area. Both Moktan and Limbu had picked up Phuyal from Thamel. They had made a deal with Laxman Shrestha and Bal Krishna Basnet to recover Rs 1.2 million from Phuyal.
"Most of the kidnapping cases seem to have been instigated by financial disputes," said DSP Thapa. "They are definitely different from the ones involving purely criminal intent. But kidnapping for whatever reason is a serious crime as it can always turn ugly putting the life of those kidnapped in danger."
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