Ex-BPO man planned kidnapping, wanted money for Dubai trip: cops

After arresting three youths in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Adnan Patrawala, the police are now looking for two more persons—Rajan and Lalla, who they say were in the car when the teenager was abducted. “Rajan was the one who strangled Adnan with a belt after he was kidnapped by the other accused,” said a senior police official.

Investigators also said former BPO employee Sujit Nair (28)—one of the three youths arrested and charged with Adnan’s murder and kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy—masterminded the whole thing because he was unemployed and in desperate need of money to go to Dubai.
The police did not reveal too many details about Rajan and Lalla, but are questioning Nair, Ayush Bhatt and a 17-year-old boy. “We have arrested three persons and two others are still absconding. We would not like to disclose any details about the absconding accused,” said Dilip Patil, Police Inspector (Crime), Oshiwara police station.
The body of Adnan—son of a businessman from Andheri (West)—was found among bushes in Navi Mumbai on Monday, a day after he was kidnapped. The police said Adnan had gone out for dinner with his sister on Saturday evening when Ayush called him and asked if he could meet him at InOrbit Mall in Malad. Adnan agreed. At Malad, Nair, the 17-year-old boy, Rajan and Lalla were waiting with Ayush when Adnan drove up in his Skoda around 11 pm.
Kiran Sonone, Senior Police Inspector of Oshiwara police station, said Nair told interrogators that he got into the driver’s seat at Malad and the group went for a drive on the Thane-Ghodbunder Road. “Early in the morning, they dropped off Ayush at his Kandivli residence. Immediately afterwards, they pounced on Adnan and tied his hands and legs,” said another police officer. It was Sunday, 4.30 am.
While Ayush went to his house, changed and left home again, telling his parents he was going for a party, Nair and the others went to Andheri. Ayush met them there. The group then drove to Navi Mumbai. On the way, they called Adnan’s family and demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom.
Sonone said Adnan’s captors made him drink a bottle of beer after spiking the drink with sleeping pills. “Later, someone called Nair and informed him that the news about the kidnapping had been flashed on TV. And the police were after them,” said another officer. “The accused panicked and killed Adnan,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Western Region) Archana Tyagi yesterday.
The accused then dumped the body in Nerul, abandoned the car nearby and returned to their homes. The police have got the preliminary post-mortem report and the cause of Adnan’s death has been mentioned as strangulation.
Ruling out the possibility of any woman’s involvement in the incident, zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police V K Chaube said: “Adnan might have been in contact with some girl, but no involvement of any girl has come up during our investigations. All the talk about someone called Angel in the case is bogus.”
MUMBAI: During interrogation on Monday night and Tuesday morning, Sujit Nair told the police that his mother, who is a nurse and lives in Kerala, had recently returned from Dubai. “Nair told us that he wanted to go to Dubai and needed money. He was the one who plotted the kidnapping and involved the other boys,” Kiran Sonone, Senior Police Inspector with Oshiwara police station, said. The police said Nair was without work for the past six months after he lost his job at a BPO in Malad. Since then, he had been borrowing from his parents, who stopped sending money a couple of months ago. A police officer said Nair had not cleared his credit card dues running into thousands of rupees. “He was not even able to pay the minimum amount,” the officer said, adding, “Nair has admitted that he masterminded the kidnapping.”
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