kidnapping case solved within 6 hours

Mumbai, Nov 5 (UNI) The City police today successfully solved a kidnapping case within six hours by arresting four persons in the wee hours at Goregaon in western suburbs.

At around 2130 hours, four persons called up Hashmukh Mangilal Dhakad (22), a jewellery shop owner, under the pretext of selling a laptop and fixed a meeting at City Park near Goregaon Garden, police said here today.

When Mr Dhakad reached the spot, the four accused threatened him with a toy pistol and dragged him into a taxi. They also snatched his gold chain and some cash.

A patrolling police van spotted the four accused standing in a suspicious manner near a taxi and searched them. Police seized a toy pistol and a gold chain from them.

The accused have been identified as Sadik Ali Jahid Khan (22), Naeem Ali Ahmed Khan (21), Ibrahim Huqmullah Shah (21) and Dilsaad Kamal Ahmed Ansari (21).

UNI