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Key points
- The minor was kidnapped from his grandmother’s house on October 26.
- Based on an advisory and CCTV video, the police detained 10 suspects and asked them to write two sentences.
Agra: In English, the word ‘police’ is not written as ‘pulish’ and ‘Sitapur’ is not ‘Seeta-pur’. A 22-year-old found out about this after being arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering his distant eight-year-old cousin from Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh.
The accused, identified as Ram Pratap Singh, allegedly abducted the eight-year-old boy, a Sandila resident, from his grandmother’s house on October 26. That same day, he, using a stolen phone, sent a message to the boy’s father. , demanding Rs 2 lakh for his release. In the message, he wrote: ‘Do lakh rupay Seeta-Pur lekar pahuchiye. Pulish ko nahi batana nahi to haatya kar denge ‘. The English translation of the message is’ Arrive in Sitapur with Rs 2 lakh. Do not report to the police or your child will be killed.
Family files police report
Police said that on 4 November the family filed a missing person complaint at Beniganj Police Station, after which an investigation was launched.
“We quickly formed teams to track down the kidnapped child and called the same number again, but it was off. The cyber surveillance cell was tied up and we detained the subscriber, who seemed illiterate and could not write SMS, ”said Hardoi Police Superintendent Anurag Vats. The times of India.
How the police targeted the defendants
On Saturday, the police, based on signs from CCTV footage of the area and warnings, detained 10 suspects, including Singh. They were ordered to write: “Main police main bharti hona chahta hoon.” Main Hardoi se Sitapur daud kar ja sakta hoon ‘(I want a police job. I can run from Hardoi to Sitapur). Singh again spelled police as ‘pulish’ and Sitapur as ‘Seeta-pur’. He was arrested immediately, TOI reported.
Another incident
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl from the Sukinda area in the Jajpur district of Odisha.
Police said that on October 15, the defendant, identified as Bhagaban Moharana from Bhadrak district, kidnapped the teenager as she was returning home. He, with the help of a woman, allegedly took her to her place of origin and sexually assaulted her.
