Ballia-In Ballia, UP, a relative of a 'collector' was kidnapped in broad daylight by a relative of a 'minister' of the state and a ransom of ten lakhs was taken. Filing a case against the minister's relative in this kidnapping case and arresting him proved costly for the Sadar Kotwal. Due to the minister's influence, the SP has put the Kotwal on line duty.
Petrol pump owner of Chitbaragaon, Uddeshya Kumar Gupta, son of Avinash Kumar Gupta, had alleged in the complaint lodged in Sadar Kotwali that last Friday at 3 pm, he had parked his car in the District Panchayat office and was returning after doing inspection work in the Sub Registrar office in Ballia. Uddeshya Gupta had alleged that Dinesh Pratap Singh and Krishna Pratap Singh, residents of Sankat Mochan Colony Civil Line, started abusing him. After which both the men kidnapped him and forcibly made him sit in their car and took him to their house and released him after collecting ten lakh rupees.
It is said that Uddesh Gupta is a relative of an IAS officer of the state who is the District Magistrate in a district. When Uddesh informed the District Magistrate about the incident, he called the police officer of Ballia, on which Kotwal Sanjay Singh registered a case against both the accused under sections 140 (2), 351 (3). 352 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused and sent him to the court, from where the court sent him to jail.
A relative of the accused is also a minister in the state government. When he came to know about this, he accused the police inspector of registering a case and arresting the accused without investigating the matter. After which, due to the minister's strict attitude, the SP put Sadar police inspector Sanjay Singh on line duty with immediate effect.
The effect of the minister's call was that Dinesh Pratap Singh, who was lodged in jail in the petrol pump businessman kidnapping case, suddenly complained of chest pain and the jail administration admitted him to the district hospital where the doctor, seeing his serious condition, admitted him there.
