A chicken trader was allegedly kidnapped in Patna after being honey trapped. The kidnappers chopped one of his fingers and poured acid on his body to torture him, an official said.

On Tuesday, Patna police were able to save the victim, who has been identified as Pritam Kumar. The sufferer is currently undergoing treatment in a private facility.

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According to the police, the kidnappers honey trapped Pritam Kumar before kidnapping him and torturing him in a room in the city’s Jaganpura neighborhood.

“As per the plan, the girl who honey-trapped the victim had called him to meet at the eco-park located near Bihar Vidhan Sabha. When he reached Eco Park, four persons kidnapped him at gunpoint and dragged him inside the car. The accused sped away from the area and took him to a room in Jaganpura,” said an official of Sachiwalay police station.

Pritam had borrowed money between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh from four people, including Kaushal Kumar, Rahul Kumar, and two others, in the name of offering jobs in a transport company, according to the probe. Pritam always met them near Hartali More at Vishweswarayya Bhawan. They sought the money back because he was unable to provide them with work.

Kaushal and his associates then decided to kidnap him in order to extort money from his family. They asked a female to befriend Pritam as part of the plot. He was contacted by the girl over the phone, and they began interacting. That girl invited Pritam to meet him after a few months of conversing. She invited him on the first date at Eco Park. When he arrived at the meeting spot, Kaushal, Rahul, and two other men held him at gunpoint and hauled him inside the car, effectively carrying out the kidnapping plot. Pritam was then taken to the room by Kaushal, Rahul, and two others, who requested that the money be returned.

“The first ransom call was made on Sunday evening, a few hours after his kidnapping. Following that, we went to Rupaspur police station to register the FIR. As the crime scene was Eco Park, we went to Sachiwalay police station and registered the FIR against four suspects,” said a family member of Pritam.

“As the matter was very serious, we immediately put the phone number on technical surveillance and traced it at Jaganpura. We raided the house and rescued the victim Pritam. The accused probably realised about the raid and they fled from the spot. A hunt has been launched to arrest them,” said the SHO of Sachiwalay police station.
(with inputs from IANS)