Two arrested on charges of kidnapping

KOLHAPUR

: Karveer police have

arrested

two people on the charges of

kidnapping

and beating up an industrialist following a dispute over a financial transaction.

The accused have been identified as Abhijit Jalandar Deshmukh (30) and Sunil Raghunath Chawre (37). Police have detained four people as part of the investigation.

In his complaint, Ramesh Santu Kamble said that Abhijit Deshmukh, Sunil Chawre and four others kidnapped him from Kuditre factory on July 30 and kept him hostage for three days. He also accused them of demanding ransom.

He said that he was taken to several places in these three days including Aashta, Nerle, Karad and Islampur. He added that he was locked up in a room in Aashta and was beaten up. His clothes were taken off and caste based remarks were hurled at him. He also accused the suspects of forcing him into signing blank cheques.

According to the complaint, he had given Rs 3 lakh to Abhijit’s father. However, the latter could not return the money as promised.

Kamble then told Abhijit and his father that he would deposit a cheque in the bank and would initiate legal action if the money was not returned.

The police have booked all of them under various sections of the IPC and Atrocities Act.