Raj kidnap case: Court announces verdict

The Sewri court has sentenced seven of the thirteen accused in the kidnapping and murder case of 14-year-old Raj Agarwal today.

The Sewri court has sentenced seven of the thirteen accused in the kidnapping and murder case of 14-year-old Raj Agarwal today.
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Raj, a son of a real estate agent, was kidnapped in 2003. His captors after demanding a ransom of Rs 5 crore fromu00a0 his family, allegedly took him to an abandoned village near Daund, 100 km from Pune, and kept him there for 10 days.

According to the police, those who kidnapped Raj handed him over to another group, which took him to Daund. But one of the kidnappers, at whose house Raj was kept, feared Raj would identify them later and so they strangled him to death.

Raj's father blamed the police for interfering in the case after he failed to get his son rescued even after paying the ransom.

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