Overview
- Police say the teenager was abducted in Kapurhol in the afternoon and forced into a black car at gunpoint, according to a complaint by his father.
- Jejuri, Nira and Saswad units set up checkpoints and pursued the vehicle until it got stuck near Nasrapur, where the boy was found safe inside.
- Two suspects — Akshay Laxman Ingulkar and Akshay Dattatraya Bhalerao of Manjari–Hadapsar — were arrested following searches in the area.
- Investigators have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act and report that five people have been booked.
- Police are searching for at least three accomplices, including Pankaj Walhekar and Ganesh Dhawade, as they probe an alleged Rs 5 crore ransom plot and a reported honey-trap link.