Mother kidnaps daughter along with friend’s daughter to extort money

 

SUMESH RAJAN

Mumbai: 13 September 2022

 

 

A mother staged the kidnapping of her own daughter and her friend’s daughter to extort money from the unsuspecting parents, but developed cold feet midway after the police began investigations, and left off the children near her dhaba (roadside food joint).

This incident took place at Ekta Enclave under the jurisdiction of Bhondsi police station in the outskirts of Gurugram city in Haryana, India.

The accused woman identified as Rinki Tiwari (35) had borrowed Rs 26 lakh from the friend and in order to pay it back, decided to allegedly kidnap the nine-year-old daughter of her friend and demand Rs 50 lakh ransom.

Tiwari runs the dhaba near Hero Honda Chowk and her husband is a street vendor. The couple also own a car which they have attached to a cab aggregator, say the police.

“On September 9, the friend’s family had organized a kirtan (religious function) at their house. Exploiting this opportunity, Rinki roped in Sagar (28) who worked as her driver and Vikas alias Suraj (30) who worked at her dhaba, and planned to kidnap the friend’s 9-year-old daughter on the night of the program to which Rinki was also invited. To stave off any suspicion on her, Rinki staged the kidnapping of her 14-year-old daughter as well along with her friend’s daughter,” said Bhondsi Police Station House Officer Devender Singh.

She lured the 9-year-old out on the pretext of buying her an ice cream. Her associates then drove the girls away, said Inspector Singh.

To avoid suspicion, Tiwari hoodwinked the younger girl’s parents that her daughter, too, had been kidnapped. The 9-year-old’s father then filed a police complaint.

The Bhondsi police constituted three teams to trace the girls, and commenced investigations.

During the investigation, the police came to know that the mothers knew each other and that Tiwari had borrowed around Rs 26 lakh from the complainant’s wife.

Meanwhile, fearing they will be trapped, the accused and her associates developed cold feet and left the girls close to Tiwari’s food joint near Hero Honda Chowk, 14 kilometers away in Gurugram city.

The wandering girls then narrated the incident to a security guard nearby, who in turn, informed the police. The police rushed to the spot and rescued them, and arrested the three accused.

“Rinki was in regular touch with both the girls after the kidnapping. After an hour, she demanded Rs 50 lakhs from the father of the younger girl by making a call through a mobile app. But our team not only rescued the girls in time but also nabbed all three accused,” informed Gurugram Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Upasana.