Lucknow: Five people have been arrested for abducting a senior nursing officer of King George’s Medical University and his friend for Rs 50 lakh ransom and murdering them after the demand could not be met.
Police said that on Sept 27, Mishra called Garg to Bhitauli crossing. “During captivity, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 50 lakh from Garg. Garg’s brother lodged a missing-person complaint at Madiaon police station on Sept 29. Police registered a case on Oct 2 under Section 140(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Mishra also drove away Garg’s SUV and abandoned it in Sitapur district to mislead the police,” said Anand. The same evening, the accused transported the bodies through Mahmudabad to Chalhari Ghat and threw them into Ghaghara from a bridge, police said. The accused informed the police that they threw the bodies in Ghaghara river. Their bodies are yet to be recovered, and an extensive search operation involving SDRF, PAC, water police, divers and local police teams is underway. Garg reached there with his friend Vishwakarma. During investigation, police analysed CCTV footage, toll plaza records, vehicle movements and technical surveillance data, which led them to the suspects. The arrests were made by a joint team of Madiyaon police, Lucknow Crime Branch and surveillance and crime units of the north zone.