PUNE: The police on Friday detained two women on the charge of kidnapping a 55-year-old woman from Camp on Thursday morning.
The women also wrongfully confined her in a godown off Pune-Ahmednagar Road and demanded ransom worth Rs4 lakh from the victim’s brother to secure her release.
Senior inspector of the Cantonment police station Ashok Kadam said, “The victim works as a receptionist at a doctor’s clinic in Koregaon Park.
She was friendly with several of the doctor’s patients.
She had collected Rs 5,500 and Rs 6,500 from the two women suspects and varied amounts from others on the pretext of helping them secure admission for their children at various schools but failed to deliver on her promise.
” The officer added, “Around 8.
30am, the two women forced the victim to get into an autorickshaw near Shivaji Market in Camp.
They abused, assaulted and threatened her after confining her in the godown and calling her brother for money.
The brother, however, alerted the police, who rescued the victim and detained the two women.
The police are also examining the rickshaw driver’s role in the alleged crime.
” Kadam pointed out that the women suspects had initially filed a complaint application against the victim with the Koregaon Park police station.
“The application is pending for inquiry.
The women later started making rounds of the victim’s residence and clinic demanding a refund of their money.
The victim sought time to repay the money at the earliest but in vain,” he said.
“On Thursday, the victim was at a grocery shop when the two women accosted her and started quarreling with her.
During their argument, the suspects forced the victim into a rickshaw and drove her to Ahmednagar Road.
The rickshaw driver asked the women why they were fighting but the victim allegedly did not say anything ,” said Kadam.
The police are checking footage from CCTV cameras at the spot to establish the driver’s identity and question him.
We have registered an FIR for kidnapping and wrongful confinement under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
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