Abducted businessman, employee rescued

An Ahmedabad based businessman, who deals in aluminium scrap, and was kidnapped on Sunday from Delhi along with his employee, has been rescued and five of his abductors of an alleged Mewati gang, have been arrested, police said today.
On Sunday, police had received a phone call from the businessman's wife about the kidnap. She said that her father-in-law from London (UK) had told her that kidnappers had demanded Rs 1 crore as ransom, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav said.
After registering a case, a team of Crime Branch conducted raids in Mewat and Delhi and arrested one Javed and rescued the two victims unhurt, he added.

The accused have been identified as Iliyas (28), Naseem (25), Irfan (26) and Abid (22), and one Javed, all residents of Haryana.
Iliyas, the kingpin of the gang was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh while the other three had Rs 50,000 on their heads.
The businessman who deals in metal and scrap materials from London and Ahmedabad told police that they have their own website for interface with their clients where they have mentioned their telephone numbers as well as the email-IDs.
Around fifteen days before the kidnapping, he had received a call from a person who identified himself as Delhi-based scrap dealer and claimed that he has large quantity of aluminium scrap in the warehouse. After initial negotiations, he was asked to come to Delhi for final deal.