Police officer, journalist among 4 held for kidnapping Odisha businessman

Bhuba eswa ,
Aug
17
(PTI):
A
woma
police
sub-i specto
a d
a
jou alist
we e
amo g
fou
people
a ested
fo
thei
alleged
i volveme t
i
the
kid appi g
of
a
busi essma
f om
Odisha’s
Bola gi
dist ict,
police
said
o
Mo day.

Hotelie
Na e d a
Sahu
(62)
was
allegedly
abducted
at
gu poi t
f om
Bola gi
o
August
14
a d
b ought
to
Bhuba eswa ,
whe e
he
was
tied
up,
assaulted
a d
co fi ed
i
a
hotel
i
the
Kha dagi i
police
statio
a ea,
they
said.

Police
escued
him
o
August
15
afte
his
family
lodged
a
missi g-pe so
complai t
whe
he
failed
to
etu
home,
a d
his
mobile
pho e
was
fou d
switched
off.

Du i g
the
i vestigatio ,
police
exami ed
CCTV
footage
a d
fou d
that
Sahu’s
vehicle
was
headi g
towa ds
Bhuba eswa .

P ime
accused
Kshitish
Cha d a
Sahu
a d
his
associates
allegedly
kid apped
Na e d a
Sahu
a d
b ought
him
to
the
city,
a
police
office
said.

The
accused
allegedly
assaulted
him
a d
fo ced
him
to
pose
with
a
pistol
as
if
he
had
kid apped
Kshitish.

The
act
was
eco ded
o
video
a d
allegedly
used
to
blackmail
Na e d a
Sahu
a d
dema d
a
a som
of
Rs
50
lakh,
police
said.

Kshitish’s
siste ,
S ehama ja i
Sahu,
a
police
sub-i specto
posted
at
Kha dagi i
police
statio ,
was
also
allegedly
i volved
i
the
c ime.

Police
said
Bhuba eswa -based
jou alist
Sa jay
Je a,
who
is
allegedly
close
to
S ehama ja i,
impe so ated
a
police
office
a d
esco ted
Na e d a
Sahu
to
Kha dagi i
police
statio
o
August
15.

Kshitish
a d
his
associate
Sa jiv
Behe a
we e
late
a ested
whe
they
allegedly
attempted
to
lodge
a
false
cou te -complai t
at
the
police
statio
to
f ame
Na e d a
Sahu
a d
mislead
the
police.

The
alleged
kid appi g
plot
came
to
light
whe
a
special
squad
eached
the
police
statio
as
Na e d a
Sahu
was
bei g
b ought
the e
to
lodge
the
complai t,
police
said.

Bola gi
SP
Abhilash
G
said
the
kid appi g
was
pla ed
to
exto t
Rs
50
lakh
f om
the
busi essma .

“The
accused
SI
th eate ed
the
victim
to
egiste
a
fake
c imi al
case
agai st
him
if
he
fails
to
pay
Rs
50
lakh
withi
24
hou s,”
he
said.

The
accused
allegedly
misused
the
police
statio
p emises
u de
the
i flue ce
of
S ehama ja i
Sahu,
the
SP
said.

Hima shu
Kuma
Lal,
I specto
Ge e al,
No the
Ra ge,
said
fou
people
had
bee
a ested
a d
the
i vestigatio
was
u de way
to
ide tify
a d
ab
othe s
i volved
i
the
c ime.

Police
also
fou d
that
the
alleged
kid appi g
was
li ked
to
a
a e
a tique
‘Ha uma
Paisa’,
which
is
believed
by
some
to
possess
ext ao di a y
wealth-ge e ati g
o
supe atu al
p ope ties,
Lal
said.

Kshitish
told
police
that
he
had
paid
a ou d
Rs
2.7
c o e
to
Na e d a
i
2020
fo
the
a tique
coi
but
claimed
that
eithe
the
coi
was
delive ed
o
his
mo ey
etu ed.

Na e d a
has
de ied
the
allegatio ,
officials
said,
addi g
that
the
police
we e
i vestigati g
this
aspect
of
the
case
as
well.
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