Five booked in Ceramic factory owner’s kidnapping for ransom case

Morbi: Morbi taluka police booked five accused for kidnapping an industrialist from Morbi and taking ransom from him.

Jigneshbhai Bhattasana from Morbi filed a police complaint stating that he was a partner in the Wuga ceramic sanitaryware factory at Ghuntu Bela road in Morbi. When he reached Ghuntu Bela road after departing to the factory from his home on a bike at 8 am, a person with his face covered with a handkerchief rushed from the bushes and made him fall down by pushing his bike. He made him sit in the back seat in an eco car and switched off his mobile. The person removed the handkerchief from his face. The complainant then found that there were Manoj alias Tapan Behra and Pavan working previously in the factory; along with two unknown persons.

When the car reached near Halvad, the accused Manoj said that Rs 1.5 lakh were due to him from when he previously worked in the factory. He further demanded Rs 10 lakh. When the complainant said that it won’t be possible to arrange, the accused showed him a knife and threatened to kill. The complainant asked to switch on his phone and called his partner Vishalbhai. He told him to arrange the money. Vishalbhai called back after handing over Rs 5 lakh to a person in front of Om electric at Matel road behind Radhe hotel in Dhuva. The accused released the complainant at Ahmedabad, after verifying it and escaped in the eco car.

Morbi taluka police booked Manoj alias Tapan Harihar Behra, Pavan Khumsing Majra, Rajkumar, eco car driver and Jayantakumar Harihar Behra.