Two men, who had allegedly kidnapped a property dealer in order to extract money which one of them had paid to him to book a plot, have been arrested by the police.
The accused identified as Birju (45) and Kuldeep (42) were arrested by West district police within hours of abduction and the victim was safely rescued.
Two mobile phones and one Santro car used to commit the crime have also been recovered.
"The incident was reported to police yesterday, when a PCR call was received in police station Janak Puri from one Manjeet that her husband has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding ransom money to the tune of Rs 16 lakh," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Pushpendra Singh said.
A case was registered and the investigation was taken up by the police.
On the basis of technical surveillance and information, raids were conducted and the victim identified as Ravi Deshwal was rescued while the two accused were arrested.
However, their associate Kake is still absconding and efforts are being made to arrest him.
During interrogation, the accused disclosed that Ravi Deshwal is a property dealer and Birju had booked a plot for a sum of Rs 6 lakh.
Birju had paid Rs 4 lakh but Deshwal did not book the plot.
When Birju demanded the money back, Deshwal gave him cheques amounting to Rs 4 lakh which bounced due to insufficient amount in the bank account, Kumar said.
Yesterday, Birju and his two associates Kuldeep and Kake kidnapped him in their Santro car and took him to Sector 4, Rohini where they thrashed and detained him in a room.
Further investigation is on, police said.
