Businessman kidnapped in Gurugram, found in Barabanki

GURUGRAM: A 35-year-old Gurugram-based businessman, who was allegedly kidnapped from near the Huda City Centre metro station on Wednesday afternoon, was found in an unconscious condition near a dhaba in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki .

He was admitted to a Lucknow hospital, and was later brought to the city by his family and police on Thursday.

Nikesh Aggarwal, a resident of South City 1 , claimed that he was going to his metal shop in Chawri Bazaar, Delhi, around 11.45pm on Wednesday when four men approached him in a Swift Dzire car and asked for directions.

He alleged that they then sprayed something on his face and later he woke up near a dhaba with injuries on his wrists and neck.

However, police suspect that there is more to the story and said that they were investigating the matter to find further details.

“The family had called police for help. The location details of the victim’s phone was retrieved and then we got information that he was lying unconscious in Barabanki near Lucknow. Commuters rushed him to a nearby hospital. He had scars on his neck and hands. Family and police reached Lucknow and got him back. We are investigating the case from all angles,” said police commissioner Muhammad Akil.

His family has told police that he has low BP and was resting in his house for one and a half months.

An FIR has been registered against the accused who are yet to be identified under section 346 (wrongful confinement in secret) of IPC at the Sector 40 police station.