Juhu police arrest 3 for kidnapping, robbing student in cab
Mumbai: An 18-year-old first-year university student has accused three men of kidnapping him in an aggregator cab, driving him around Juhu for 15 minutes, threatening him with a knife and extorting Rs 14,250 before he was let go early on Oct 10. Juhu police registered a case of kidnapping, extortion and robbery against history-sheeters Azad Maniyar (34), Dipesh Chavan (29) and Mondaya Devendra alias Kishan (30) who allegedly forced PA Agarwal into the cab, stole Rs 5,250 from his pocket and compelled him to transfer Rs 9,000 through an e-wallet. Police caught the three accused at their hideouts in Andheri within 12 hours of the incident involving Agarwal at 1.30 am on Oct 10. Agarwal had earlier gone to drop his aunt’s daughter and her three friends after they had dinner on Oct 9,” said a police officer of the Juhu police station. Police said Maniyar allegedly threatened Agarwal with a knife near Juhu Ruia Park and forced him to transfer Rs 5,000 to a UPI account. Two accomplices, who had followed them on a scooter, allegedly restrained Agarwal while Maniyar took Rs 5,250 from his trouser pocket. “The group later allegedly forced Agarwal to obtain money from his sister and transfer another Rs 4,000 to the same account.
At the police station, he identified a man detained by patrolling personnel after a fight on VM Road,” said the police. They allegedly made Agarwal call his sister before transferring money through UPI. “The accused allegedly forced Agarwal into a cab he had booked to return to his PG accommodation, assaulted the driver, forced him inside and sped away. The trio were tracked through technical analysis using the phone number through which money was credited from Agarwal’s account to an e-wallet. They allegedly threatened to kill him if he disclosed the incident before releasing him near Mithibai College. Agarwal contacted friends and went to lodge a complaint.