Anant's parents, Adobe India's CEO get Rs 2-cr ransom calls
Sachin Parashar & Lalit Kumar
16 Nov, 2006, Times News Network
NEW DELHI: The men who kidnapped three-year-old Anant from his home on Monday have demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom from his parents.
A source involved in the investigation revealed to TOI on Wednesday that a ransom call was received at Anant's home just a few hours after he was kidnapped.
This was followed by at least two more calls. Sources said the first call was made from a PCO in Meerut. Five teams have been despatched to different places in western UP, MP and Bihar to trace Anant even as UP STF officers and Noida police remained tight-lipped about the ransom calls.
The police are now also coming round to the view that a professional gang executed the kidnapping. An eyewitness apparently saw two men handing over a child to a man in a white Maruti car near the DND flyway minutes after Anant was abducted.
This indicated a larger gang and a carefully planned abduction. While the two men left on the same bike, the car sped towards Nizamuddin bridge.
However, police have not ruled out the possibility that it may have turned right, towards the Indian Oil building crossing in Noida.
A source said about the ransom calls: "All were made by separate men. The first was received by a relative of the family in his house. The caller said the police should be kept out and demanded Rs 2 crore. He said the amount was not open to negotiation."
Anant was apparently not allowed to talk to the Guptas even once. A senior officer said the cops are having to tread cautiously as any false move could prove dangerous for the child.
Meanwhile, Adobe is said to have approached the US embassy. The embassy, when contacted, did not confirm that it had approached the Indian government but said it keeps in touch with American companies on all security matters.
NEW DELHI: The men who kidnapped three-year-old Anant from his home on Monday have demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom from his parents.
A source involved in the investigation revealed to TOI on Wednesday that a ransom call was received at Anant's home just a few hours after he was kidnapped.
This was followed by at least two more calls. Sources said the first call was made from a PCO in Meerut. Five teams have been despatched to different places in western UP, MP and Bihar to trace Anant even as UP STF officers and Noida police remained tight-lipped about the ransom calls.
The police are now also coming round to the view that a professional gang executed the kidnapping. An eyewitness apparently saw two men handing over a child to a man in a white Maruti car near the DND flyway minutes after Anant was abducted.
This indicated a larger gang and a carefully planned abduction. While the two men left on the same bike, the car sped towards Nizamuddin bridge.
However, police have not ruled out the possibility that it may have turned right, towards the Indian Oil building crossing in Noida.
A source said about the ransom calls: "All were made by separate men. The first was received by a relative of the family in his house. The caller said the police should be kept out and demanded Rs 2 crore. He said the amount was not open to negotiation."
Anant was apparently not allowed to talk to the Guptas even once. A senior officer said the cops are having to tread cautiously as any false move could prove dangerous for the child.
Meanwhile, Adobe is said to have approached the US embassy. The embassy, when contacted, did not confirm that it had approached the Indian government but said it keeps in touch with American companies on all security matters.
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