Man held for demanding Rs 25L ransom from industrialist

Tribune News Service

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Bathinda, April 3

The police have arrested a person who was demanding a ransom amount of Rs 25 lakh from Mittal Group of Companies CMD Rajinder Mittal on phone. The miscreant also warned the industrialist of a bomb blast in his BCL factory on Hajiratan Road if he did not give him the money.

After attending his threatening phone call, industrialist Rajinder Mittal informed the Bathinda police of the incident. When the police started investigation, the call was traced to a woman living in Sanjay Nagar. On further investigation, the police detected that it was the woman’s husband Ajay Kumar, who had made the ransom call to the industrialist. Ajay, who is working as a daily wager, had been arrested by the police.

When the police questioned the accused, it was discovered that he worked as a cleaning servant in the Civil Line Club of Bathinda, while Rajinder Mittal is a senior member of the club, so he was able to get his personal phone number from there.

According to Sub-Inspector Karamjit Singh, the accused told the police that as he himself and his son were ill and when he could not find the money to treat his son, he made a call to the industrialist for Rs 25 lakh ransom money.

Sub-Inspector Karmajit Singh said the accused was also a drug addict. No case had been registered against him in the past. The police have registered a case against the accused and sent him to jail.

However, Mahindar Singh, security in-charge of the industrialist, had lodged a complaint with the police on April 1 that the accused called on Rajinder Mittal’s personal phone number and demanded to give him Rs 25 lakh.