I WARNED MY GUY..........Three Nigerians arrested in India for kidnapping fellow Nigerian for ransom

 

Hmmm.............India Police have arrested three Nigerians nationals for the kidnap of 29-year-old James Grant, also a Nigerian citizen resident in Mandawali Delhi.

Grant went missing on Thursday and did not respond to the calls made to his phone, his wife, Ruchira Chakravarti.

Chakravarti came to Police Station in Mandawali, East District and made a complaint, stating that on 23-11-2017 at about 5.30 PM, her husband James left from their home for the purpose of getting drinking water. However, he did not return home all night and all her attempts of contacting him had failed as his phone went unanswered.

She was, therefore, relieved to receive a phone call from her husband’s mobile phone made by some unknown person on Friday morning.

The caller told her that her husband had been abducted by them and threatened her to arrange Rs. 25 Lakhs to get him released, failing which her husband would be killed. She was also threatened not to approach the Police in any circumstance.

The abductors also contacted her parents with the same threat in West Bengal as she is a permanent resident of West Bengal.

"I was extremely scared and confused and did not know what to do, so I informed my parents," said Chakravarti on Saturday.

"They advised me to approach the cops and let them handle the situation. They feared that the people who had kidnapped James could trap me too if I went to deliver the
ransom."

Accordingly, Chakravarti contacted the police around Friday noon. She told them that the caller had directed her to bring Rs 25 lakh to an abandoned plot in Mandawali after which Grant, a Nigerian , would be released unharmed.

Omvir Singh, DCP (East), said that Shobhit Saksena, ACP of Mayur Vihar, was chosen to lead the investigations.

The cops asked the woman not to panic but to keep the channel of communication with the abductors open. Then, as instructed by police, she reached the designated spot with the money. In the meanwhile, policemen in plainclothes had already reached the area and were loitering around.

When Chakravarti approached the trio of kidnappers to hand over the ransom, the police team jumped into action and nabbed the men, who attempted vainly to escape. Grant was later found in a dingy room, where he had been tied to a wooden chair. He had been beaten by his abductors.

The two teams led by Shobhit Saksena, IPS ACP Mayur Vihar comprised of (Team 1) Inspr. Arvind Pratap Singh, SI Rajiv Kumar, W/HC Rambati No. 809/E, Ct. Jitender Kumar no. 1324/E, Ct Arun Kumar No. 3000/E, Ct Sunil and Ct. Hitesh who followed her  to the rendezvous point and (Team 2)Insp. Jagdish Yadav, HC Om Singh no. 589/E, Ct Ram Avtar No. 1808/E, Ct Kapil No. 1479/E who were on recce at the probable location of the abductors.

Police said that the main accused was identified as Kenneth Uchenna (39), resident of Devili Road Krishana Park Khan Pur Delhi. Permanent address :- Ojo Alaba Market Nigeria.

Uchenna, who had known Grant for over a month. He had called his victim to Mandawali promising a business deal.

Two of Uchenna's accomplices were identified as Cliff Osa (25) resident of Jawahar Park Devili Road Delhi. Permanent address: Isiuwa  street Edo State.

Okwudiri Solomon (40) resident of Devili Road Delhi. Permanent address: Market , R D Aba Abia State.

Upon investigation and interrogation, it has emerged that the main accused Kenneth Uchenna had some business dispute with the victim James Grant and for that he had abducted him in order to coerce him and his wife to pay the debt and also get extra money from him.

It has also emerged that all the three Nigerians had hit upon the plan of kidnapping someone and demanding a ransom so that they could fulfil their American dream and take their families on a vacation to the US.

It was further revealed that all the three accused persons do not have any valid Passport/Visa for staying in India. In fact it appears prima facie that their passport and other identity documents may be forged.

Accordingly, the concerned section of Passport Act has been added in this case against the accused persons. The investigation of the case is in progress.