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Kathmandu Sunday December 31, 2000 Paush 16, 2057.
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Businessman kidnapped, killed for ransom
Post Report
BIRGUNJ, Dec 30 - An owner of gold shop, Santosh Swornakar,
has been killed by the kidnappers after their demand for ransom was not fulfilled. The
wife and five children of Santosh have been helpless after his murder in India.
Santosh Swornakar, 30, who has a shop at Birgunj- 8, was
kidnapped about 15 days ago by some unidentfied people in India. They had demanded a
ransom of three million rupees to release him.
His father, Gopal Swornakar, had immediately reported the
matter to the police and requested them orally for his rescue. Since police did not take
notice of the oral complaint, he eventually filed his complaint in writing only 4 days
ago.
He had hoped that his son would be rescued after the report
was registered with the police, but nothing happened until he and his family received the
sad news of the urder of his son on Friday, he said.
"I could not meet the demand of the criminals. Hence
they killed my son," Gopal Swornakar told The Kathmandu Post crying. "They had
murdered my son and threw his body at a place where jackals were roaming. All this has
happened due to the weakness of the police. It is due to weakness of police that they are
kidnapping someone almost every week in Birgunj," he added.
According to Gopal Swornakar, two people from India came to
his son Santosh 15 days ago and told him that they would make available cotton at a cheap
rate. Since Santosh also owned a cotton industry he went to Betiya in India along with
them. He did not inform his family members about his return. Suddenly, the family members
received a threatening call from the kidnappers after four days that they had kidnapped
Santosh and that they should come to them with a ransom of three million rupees for his
release or else they would kill him.
Father of the victim, Gopal Swornakar, said he told them by
telephone that his economic condition was not good and he would not be able to pay such a
huge amount of money. He had told them that he was ready to pay if they fixed the ransom
amount after investigating about his financial position but they did not ring after that.
Then Gopal himself went to Betiya and met lawyers who
specialised in crime. Before he return home he came to know about the sad news. His legal
advisor Bijay Upadhyaya has said police in Betiya have confirmed the murder of Santosh
Swornakar.
After the kidnapping of Santosh, a 20-year-old grand-son of
Kisan Kadmiya of Adarshanagar has also been kidnapped.
With the help of some local people, Indian criminals have
turned kidnapping into their profession. They have hired one person in every ward to learn
the financial status and other information about the local people and receive information
before kidnapping them.
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