Man kidnapped after elopement rescued in Aligarh; police nab two

ALIGARH: Police in Aligarh rescued a man on Sunday within five hours of his abduction after he was allegedly kidnapped by a woman’s father and brother in the Gonda area of the district in Uttar Pradesh.According to police, the victim, Sachin Kumar, had earlier eloped with a woman, which allegedly led her family members to plan the kidnapping. Investigators said the accused were allegedly planning to kill him.Soon after receiving the information, police teams swung into action, sealed exit routes and launched a large-scale search operation across the area.Aligarh Rural Superintendent of Police Amrit Jain said, "At 10 am, information was received that a man named Sachin Kumar had been assaulted and abducted by two men, Hemu and Vinod, on their motorcycle, and taken towards the Gonda police station area. Taking immediate cognisance of this information, Aligarh police set up roadblocks in all areas. The district squad team and rural squad team also established checkpoints and conducted raids at several locations using surveillance," he said.Police traced and rescued the abducted man within five hours and arrested the woman’s father and brother in connection with the crime."Police quickly solved this kidnapping with intent to murder case, and Sachin Kumar was safely recovered within just five hours. Initial questioning revealed that Sachin Kumar had eloped with a girl from the accused's family a few days earlier, and a case had been registered in this regard. Considering this case as the motive, the girl's brother and father planned and executed this kidnapping with the intent to murder," SP Amrit Jain said.A Bullet motorcycle, allegedly used in the kidnapping, was seized. Further investigation is underway.Separate incidentIn another incident reported earlier in January, the Tejas Rajdhani Express travelling from Delhi to Patna was halted for around 31 minutes following a bomb threat, officials said.Commanding Officer, RPF Aligarh, Gulzar Singh told ANI, "The Tejas Rajdhani train was going from Delhi to Patna. We received information from Delhi Control about a bomb threat on board""As soon as we received the information, our entire BDS (Bomb Disposal Squad) team, the local police, the Station House Officer, the civil authorities, our dog scouts, the BDS team, and the fire brigade officers, the divisional officers from here, checked the train... Nothing was found."