5 arrested in kidnap and murder of DPS boy

New Delhi: Barely a little more than a week after he was kidnapped, a Class 11 student of DPS Gurgaon was murdered. The incident came to light on Wednesday.

The boy was kidnapped and then brutally murdered by five men including an MBA student.

For nearly a month the grieving family of the victim, Azharuddin, living in Marutikunj area of Gurgaon, was trying to rescue their kidnapped son unaware of the fact that the 17-year-old had been murdered on December 21, the very day he was abducted.

Victim's father Mohammed Akhtar said, “Maine use bahar bheja tha education loan laane ke liye tabhi unhone use pakad liya. Unhone 50 lakh ki rakam leke Jhansi bhi bulaya tha. Main wahan pahuncha to adh gaya ki pehle mere bacche se meri baat karao (He was out to arrange for education loan as per my asking and that is when they (abductors) kidnapped him. They asked me for a Rs 50 lakh ransom and called me to Jhansi, I reached there and wanted to see my son first)."

However, Akhtar had to return empty-handed. The Gurgaon police finally traced the blackmail calls to five young men, who were arrested from Marutikunj and Anand Vihar in Delhi.

DCP, Crime A K Dhawan said, “They were known to each other that's why he accepted their offer of gong to Palwal. From there they took him to Itah where they murdered him on December 21."

One of the abductors is an MBA student, while another holds a BSc degree from Agra University. A budding photographer and two drivers completed the group, who wanted to make a quick buck but strangulated Azharuddin for fear that he would reveal their identity.

The accused have now been taken into police remand till January 2 and will then be produced in court but with an alarming rise in the number of such incidents in the NCR, the need of the hour is not just arrest but a harsh punishment to act as a deterrent to such heinous crimes.

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