A Nallasopara-based businessman who manufactures plastic items at Vasai, was allegedly kidnapped by a man who befriended him by offering him cheap plastic granules. A meeting was scheduled in Delhi but after the businessman reached the city, he was abducted and taken to a jungle in Haryana from where, he was forced to call his wife to ask for a Rs 10 lakh ransom. The wife then registered a complaint with the Nallasopara police.
Businessman, Chirag Joshi (28), befriended on social media one Jain from New Delhi who offered him cheap plastic granules and also sent sample shots of the granules on WhatsApp for which, Mr Joshi was asked to go to Delhi. On July 13, Mr Joshi reached Delhi where Mr Jain arrived to pick him up. After a two-hour-long drive, Mr Jain told Mr Joshi that he was taking him to his factory to strike a deal for the plastic granules. Eventually, Mr Jain told Mr Joshi that the latter had been kidnapped and if he wanted to be freed, he would have to cough up '10 lakh.
According to sources, Mr Joshi called his wife Vaishali and told her that two truckloads of plastic pellets were ready and asked her to arrange Rs 10 lakh as payment. Mr Joshi sounded afraid on the phone which led to two plainclothesmen to try and bring him back.
