'Neither Women Nor Businessman Safe': Priyanka Gandhi Hits out at UP Govt over Baghpat Case

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes a dig at UP CM Adityanath after a businessman was kidnapped by car-borne miscreants in UP’s Baghpat district on Monday morning and a ransom of Rs 1 crore was demanded from the family members over phone.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the state government over the law and order situation in the state and said that neither females nor businessmen are safe in the state.

Priyanka Gandhi:

“An iron businessman was kidnapped in Baghpat today morning. Women are unsafe in UP, Businessmen are unsafe in UP, Kids are unsafe in UP. Representatives of the government are going to election meetings and are giving speeches only. People are scared,” Priyanka Gandhi in a tweet said.

https://twitter.com/priyankagandhi/status/1320606005785292801

Top police officials reached the businessman's house and local leaders also arrived with the police.

Ransom of Rs 1 Crore

The business man iron Adesh Jain was an iron merchant and had gone to the Bada Bazaar of Barot area today on Monday morning to get the goods unloaded from the truck. He has not returned home since then. Also, family later received a call informing them of the kidnapping and a demand of Rs 1 crore as ransom.

“Everyone is scared by this incident, Police should take concrete steps to protect the traders. Recently a businessman was killed. Now a ransom of Rs 1 crore has been demanded after kidnapping a businessman,” Barot chairman Amit Rana said over the incident.

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Abhishek Singh, SP of Baghpat said that a notification was received this morning that a ransom of one crore has been sought from his son.

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Police said that they are scanning the CCTV footage. Also, it has noticed the movement of some suspects. “Eight teams of police have been deployed. The STF has also been deployed,” Singh said.

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