Pune Crime Files: How an MTech degree holder did his kidnapping after losing in IPL betting | Pune News

Angered by this, he decided to overcome the loss by feigning his kidnapping and demanding a ransom from his father and brother-in-law. At the time, he was living with his wife in an apartment in Kasarwadi in Pimpri Chinchwad.

On June 12, 2013, he left home around 9:30 am and did not return. Around 4.30 pm on the same day, he sent a text message from his mobile phone to his father and brother-in-law in Kanpur, saying that he had been kidnapped and that Rs 7 lakh should be immediately deposited into his ICICI bank account for his release. .

On June 13 in the evening, he called his brother-in-law on his mobile phone and said he had been dumped in a jungle area. He again asked his brother-in-law to deposit the money into his bank account. His relatives then deposited Rs 90,000 in his bank account.

Meanwhile, his father came to Pune from Kanpur on June 14, and his family then went to Bhosari police station, which was then under the jurisdiction of Pune city police. The police station now comes under the jurisdiction of Pimpri Chinchwad police.

Police immediately launched an investigation and conducted a technical investigation into the calls made from the train driver’s mobile phone. Based on clues obtained during investigation, police conducted searches in Hadapsar, Kalyani Nagar, Wagholi and Manjari areas of Pune city. They also interrogated some of his friends to get clues about his possible location.

After an eight-hour search, police traced him to an apartment in Ganesh Nagar area of ​​Wadgaon Sheri. During his interrogation, he reportedly admitted that he had faked his kidnapping as he needed the money to make up for the losses he had suffered due to betting on IPL cricket matches. Police said he even kept his wife in the dark about his plan.

They did not arrest the man, said no formal complaint had been filed against him by anyone, and handed him over to his family after the investigation. No First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in the case.

Meanwhile, illegal cricket betting continues. On April 17 this year, the Pune city police arrested two people for allegedly organizing a bet from an apartment in Salisbury. Police said the suspects were held while taking bets on the IPL 2024 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans through various websites and mobile phones. An FIR was lodged at Swargate police station in this case.

On April 4, Pimpri Chinchwad police arrested as many as 10 people – nine from Chhattisgarh and one from Bihar – for allegedly betting on the IPL cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, from an apartment near the Millenium Mall in the Wakad area. An FIR was lodged at Wakad police station.