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Rajasthan: Jeweller held for abducting son of fellow businessman | Jaipur News
JODHPUR: Police arrested a city-based jeweller on Tuesday night for abducting the son of another jeweller. The accused had abducted Meet Soni, an 11-year-old kid, from outside their house on his motorcycle. Police started chasing him from Sheoganj in Sirohi and caught him near Dhola village in Pali district and rescued the boy safely.
Sirohi SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said the missing complaint of Meet was received by Sheoganj police at 11.30 pm on Tuesday night. His parents were asked to pay a ransom of Rs 1.5 crore or gold equivalent to the amount.
“The abductor called boy’s father Laxman Soni at 11.13 pm stating that his son was under his possession and asked him to kep Rs 1.5 crore or gold equivalent to it ready in half-an-hour,” said Yadav.
“The accused warned that if he informed police, he would sever the legs and hands of the boy and told him to wait for further directions for receiving the ransom,” said the official.
The abductor, identified as Devesh Soni (39), rode his motorcycle to Jodhpur with the boy and kept calling his father from the eateries enroute from phones of others. He also got the boy talk to his father once.
Following these signs, police began chasing him and caught him finally near Dhola village in Pali district about 1.30 am and took the boy in its custody.
Yadav said that Devesh, who was known to both the boy and his father, had picked up the boy from Sheoganj under the pretext to collect some parcel for his father on his motorcycle. Since the boy knew him, he did not doubt his intentions. The boy, however, sought clarification on riding such a long distance, but became silent when Devesh scolded him.
Further interrogation revealed that Devesh had run into huge debt during lockdown and hatched this plan to recover money in one shot. Since he knew Laxman and that he could easily fulfill his demand, he chose him as a target.
Sirohi SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said the missing complaint of Meet was received by Sheoganj police at 11.30 pm on Tuesday night. His parents were asked to pay a ransom of Rs 1.5 crore or gold equivalent to the amount.
“The abductor called boy’s father Laxman Soni at 11.13 pm stating that his son was under his possession and asked him to kep Rs 1.5 crore or gold equivalent to it ready in half-an-hour,” said Yadav.
“The accused warned that if he informed police, he would sever the legs and hands of the boy and told him to wait for further directions for receiving the ransom,” said the official.
The abductor, identified as Devesh Soni (39), rode his motorcycle to Jodhpur with the boy and kept calling his father from the eateries enroute from phones of others. He also got the boy talk to his father once.
Following these signs, police began chasing him and caught him finally near Dhola village in Pali district about 1.30 am and took the boy in its custody.
Yadav said that Devesh, who was known to both the boy and his father, had picked up the boy from Sheoganj under the pretext to collect some parcel for his father on his motorcycle. Since the boy knew him, he did not doubt his intentions. The boy, however, sought clarification on riding such a long distance, but became silent when Devesh scolded him.
Further interrogation revealed that Devesh had run into huge debt during lockdown and hatched this plan to recover money in one shot. Since he knew Laxman and that he could easily fulfill his demand, he chose him as a target.
