Minor boy alleges kidnapping by youths for Rs 20K ransom
Not an abduction case, victim was only assaulted, say police
A 15-year-old boy, Abhishek, alleged that he was kidnapped by some local youths from Fauji Colony, Moti Nagar here. It is alleged that around five youths forcibly picked him up on a motorcycle, held him hostage, thrashed him brutally and demanded a ransom of Rs 20,000 from his family.
Abhishek’s father Krishna Kumar said they have no enmity with anyone.
Shortly after the boy left home saying that he was going to buy kites, the suspects called up and threatened to kill the child and dump his body if Rs 20,000 was not paid to them. When she questioned what was her son’s fault, they refused to answer. Instead, they started assaulting him, the victim’s mother said.
The victim said the youths had surrounded him and tried to force him to drink alcohol. When he refused, one of them slapped him and forcibly took him with them on
a motorcycle. When bystanders tried to intervene, they misled them by claiming that the boy was a thief and they were taking him to a police station.
Later, he was taken to a room near railway tracks at Dholewal Chowk. There, he was forced to make a ‘confession’ on a video, stating that he had come there to supply drugs to a girl. Out of fear of further physical abuse, he done what he was told to do. The kidnappers allegedly beat him with belts and showed the assault to his parents via a video call.
Afterwards, the police rescued the boy from clutches of the suspects.
Meanwhile, SHO, Moti Nagar, inspector Bhupinder Singh, said it was not a kidnapping case, rather the victim and the suspects were known to each other. The suspects and the boy used to work together in the past. They thrashed the boy on Friday due to some old grudges. A case had been registered against the assailants.
