Delhi Kidnapping Linked to Loan: Victim Rescued in Maharashtra, One Held

Overview

• Guddu Saroj was abducted on December 27 near Panchvati opposite Azadpur Mandi in northwest Delhi, police said.
• Investigators analysed footage from more than 50 CCTV cameras and identified a car registered in Maharashtra that led them to Jalna district.
• A Delhi Police team rescued the victim in Panewadi, Jalna, during the night of December 31–January 1 and arrested Gyaneshwar Chavhan, 40.
• Police said Chavhan confessed the abduction was over loan recovery, named his brother Rajaram and associate Somnath Udadange, and a ₹2.5 lakh payment was demanded.
• A case under BNS Sections 140(3) and 3(5) was registered, local residents tried to obstruct the raid, and searches are underway for the remaining suspects.