Overview
- Delhi Police say the May 2 honey-trap abduction of a 72-year-old at Sainik Farms led to four arrests and the recovery of cash, jewellery, documents, the car and an air gun.
- Investigators say a woman known to the victim lured him inside, after which accomplices overpowered him and looted about Rs 5 lakh with rings and cards.
- The kidnappers drove toward Meerut and, after a failed Rs 50 lakh demand, left him near the Delhi–Mumbai Highway in Haryana.
- A PCR call reached Neb Sarai police on May 3, prompting a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for kidnapping, robbery, assault and criminal conspiracy.
- Police caught two suspects in Mathura after a 36-hour chase and later nabbed two more in Haryana, identified one as a serving Army subedar, and are probing past offences and his duty status.