The culprits had abducted and killed the victim's brother in 1995 despite receiving ransom

Four arrested for planning to kidnap doctor

The culprits had abducted and killed the victim's brother in 1995 despite receiving ransom

Four people have been arrested in Noida for allegedly conspiring to kidnap a Delhi-based doctor for ransom, police said Tuesday.

According to sources in Special Task Force (STF), four men identified as Sirajuddin, Ravi Kumar, Insha Allah and Pappu were arrested Monday evening for conspiring to kidnap Dr S Farooqi, the owner of Life Line Hospital in Priyadarshini Vihar area of Delhi. The four accused had also kidnapped Dr Farooqi's younger brother Dr Sayeed for ransom in 1995, a case of which had been registered at Hauz Khas police station. However, even after his family paid the ransom amount to them, they had murdered Sayeed, STF sources said.

Jawed, the fifth member of the gang, was supposed to drive a van and the four accused were to accompany him. They had plans to kidnap Dr Farooqi from Priyadarshini Vihar and bring him to a flat, which they had purposefully rented.

On knowing about their plans, an STF team raided the flat A-12 in Sector-35 of Noida, around 7 p.m. and arrested them. Jawed, however, was not there and is evading arrest.

Superintendent of Police (City) HN Singh confirmed that the four were arrested by STF. "A case has been registered against the four men on the complaint of STF at sector-24 police station. They have been sent to jail," Singh said.

UNHOLY NEXUS

A 57-year-old sadhvi along with six others was arrested for allegedly kidnapping minor children and then selling them to childless couple. Delhi police also claimed to have rescued four children, aged between one and seven years, from their clutches. Police said the gang used to operate in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to the police, the arrest came following complaints from parents of children kidnapped in past few months. Following the complaints, surveillance was mounted in Neb Sarai and Sangam Vihar areas and soon the cops tracked a woman and her husband who were trying to sell children, police said. The couple was identified as Mona (20) and her husband Afroz (21). They are in police custody and are being questioned.