Sena leader, sons, gunman booked

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 30

A leader of the Shiv Sena Rashtrawadi, Sunil Tangri, his two sons Rohit Tangri and Mohit Tangri, and his gunman have been booked by the police on the charges of kidnapping and thrashing a man allegedly over some financial dispute. The complainant works as a computer operator at Tangri’s Ambey Trading company in Kesarganj Mandi. The police are conducting raids to nab the persons booked in the case.

The complainant, Sunny Mehta, a resident of Haibowal, yesterday lodged a complaint, following which a probe was launched by the police. Sunny alleged that his brother Deepak Mehta worked at the leader’s shop. He owed some money to the leader due to which the latter was threatening him with dire consequences.

The victim, Deepak said on November 28, he was rushed to the hospital after some health issues. Rohit and his gunman also arrived there and forcibly took him along. “They took me to their house and thrashed me. They manhandled me for the entire day. At 5.30 pm, when my wife came to know about my location, she, along with my mother, arrived at Tangri’s house. But the leader told them that bring cash first, only then he would let them meet me. The next morning, when my wife came with a cheque for Rs 15,000, Tangri snatched the keys of my wife’s scooter. He also sent his gunman to my house who took away my motorcycle,” the victim added.

Yesterday, Sunny informed the police about the matter, following which the Haibowal police raided Tangri’s house. Tangri pressed him for a compromise and even forcibly took his signature on the compromise document.

Division No. 4 SHO Ashok Kumar said during preliminary probe, allegations levelled by the the complainant were found to be true. Accordingly, a case of kidnapping and other IPC Sections 365, 323, 342, 386 and 120B was registered against the suspects.

Leader had criminal past

In 2002, the police had conducted a raid at the den of Sena leader Jagdish Tangri and his son Sunil Tangri. At least 150 policemen, armed with search warrants, took part in the raid. The father-son duo had served jail term in cases. Arms were reportedly seized from their den.