Chhattisgarh police searching for kidnapped Raipur Business Magnate in North Bihar

Satish Aditya

Raxaul (East Champaran, Bihar) :  A Chhattisgarh police team is conducting raids at different places in North Bihar districts  for past one week to recover Praveen Somani, a Business Magnate of Raipur, who was kidnapped for Rs 25 crore ransom by some criminals on January 8, 2020, when he was returning to his Pandari residence in Raipur  town on his car from his Somani Processor Iron Factory, Siltara. His car was later found abandoned near his residence.

The  Chhattisgarh police team  headed by SSP, Raipur, and Vaishali ( North Bihar) police had conducted raids in Vidupur,  Kutubpur, and Gopalpur, villages to recover Somani  but to no avail. Vaishali SP Gaurav Mangala  confirmed that raids were conducted in the district in this connection.

According to  Chhattisgarh police team members, they have got concrete information  that the members of Chandan Sonar gang were behind this kidnapping. In the past,  the Vidupur gang members had kidnapped Suhail Hingora, a Business Magnate of  Gujarat, who was released later by the gang. Chhattisgarh police team suspects Somani might have been transferred to a gang in Nepal by Vidupur criminals and they are taking help of the local police.