Lawyer’s son kidnapped, `50 lakhs ransom sought

Nov 24, 2011 |

Age Corespondent

New Delhi

A 28-year-old man was abducted by unknown persons in a car from Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg on Monday evening. The abductors have demanded `50 lakhs in ransom from his family for his safe release.

The police said the victim, who works with a legal firm and is a resident of Paschim Vihar, had gone to his office at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg on Monday but did not return. His father, a lawyer, approached the I.P. Estate police station. The family received a ransom call of `50 lakhs on Monday night. The police is also investigating if the abduction was staged by the victim to extort money from his father.
Police source said his father had negotiated with the abductors and had promised to pay them `25 lakhs. Three separate police teams are investigating the matter. Sources said the victim was abducted at around 11.30 pm on Monday.
The victim is reported to have made a call to the police control room and informed that some people are trying to abduct him.
“A police team reached there, but he was nowhere. A car stopped near him on BS Zafar Marg and four people were trying to drag him in when he made the call. He has not been traced so far,” a police official said.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/109118" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-e0e449f2bdf4659ec9e3ce0aeb3c6956" value="form-e0e449f2bdf4659ec9e3ce0aeb3c6956" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="87811282" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>