Dipti Sarna Snapdeal employee abduction case
Snapdeal abduction case: Accused stalked Dipti Sarna '150 times' since January 2015
When
Snapdeal employee Dipti Sarna returned after being missing for 36
hours, the police had initially suspected the involvement of someone
close to her. This was because, according to her own testimony, she had
not been assaulted or tortured, but was treated well by her abductors.
However, in an eloquent address to media persons on Monday, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh compared the accused Devendra to Shah Rukh Khan's character in the film Darr. The police claimed that the accused did not know Dipti but was 'infatuated' with her.
Indeed, if one goes by the police's version of events, the sequence of events could well make for a Bollywood thriller. According to the SSP, the accused first saw Dipti with a friend for the first time in January-February 2015 at Rajiv Chowk in Delhi. Subsequently, in one year, he is said to have stalked her around 150 times, after which he abducted her. The police have claimed that he was a 'well-known criminal' and that he had escaped from the custody of the police while being produced in court.
The
accused has around 30 cases registered against him, the first one being
in 2001, according to the police. The charges against him pertain to
murder, attempt to murder and dacoity.
The accused, a graduate, has read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in jail, the police claimed, adding that the dictator's memoirs are one of his influences.
The police, it would seem, was not content to compare the accused with only Shah Rukh. There was another Khan with whom they would draw parallels.
A Hindustan Times report has quoted a police source as saying that he was a 'Dabanng'-like figure in his village. According to the officer, he had recently settled a land deal between two men, which earned him Rs 5 lakh. With this money, he bought two autorickshaws, which he would later use to carry out a meticulously planned, and nevertheless botched up, abduction attempt.
According to the SSP Ghaziabad, the accused Devendra wanted to escape to Nepal along with the girl and settle into a lavish life there. However, that was not to be.
The autorickshaw in which he was travelling with the victim broke down, after which he took her into his car and headed towards his native village. But this was not the end of his troubles. According to the police, his car, too, ran out of gas, after which the accused, undeterred, borrowed his cousin's car and continued on his journey.
It is not yet clear, however, why the accused let the woman go free subsequently. One wonders from which film/historical character he got the inspiration for his change of heart.
Five days after e-commerce senior executive Dipti Sarna (24) was abducted on her way home in Ghaziabad, five men were arrested in connection with the case. Police said the prime accused and mastermind of the plan had been following her for months and was inspired by Shahrukh Khan’s movie, Darr.
Speaking to mediapersons Monday afternoon, Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dharmendra Singh, said, “The accused had first spotted the woman at Rajiv Chowk Metro station about a year ago. He hatched this plan to win her over. During questioning, the prime accused revealed that he was deeply inspired by the movie Darr. He began tracking her movement and involved four other men from his village. He shifted to a rented accommodation in Khoda colony and drove auto-rickshaws from Vaishali Metro station to Ghaziabad.”
Dipti, on the other hand, declined to comment on the case, maintaining that she had told the police everything.
Accompanied by her parents and her brother at Sihani Gate police station in Ghaziabad, she said, “I hope that measures are taken so that no other person undergoes the ordeal that I have faced.”
According to the police, prime accused Devendra, a resident of Sonepat, has around 30 cases against him related to robbery, attempt to murder and kidnapping.
Police said he had fled from custody in June 2014 with the help of his brother and had been in hiding ever since.
“We received a tip-off that Devendra might be associated with this case. Since he had fled from police custody in Haryana earlier and there had been several cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and robbery against him, he was on the police radar. We managed to get hold of some of his identity cards which had his photo. That photo was shown to Dipti who identified him,” said Singh.
Recounting the events on the night of February 10, police said Devendra, along with the other accused, waited for her in an auto-rickshaw outside the station. When Dipti boarded another auto-rickshaw, the accused managed to puncture the vehicle’s tyres.
“They knew when Dipti would reach the Metro station and from where she would board an auto-rickshaw as they had been tracking her movements for three months. They had parked two auto-rickshaws, which they purchased earlier, at the same spot. But Dipti boarded another one. Near Sahibabad’s vegetable market, they managed to puncture that auto’s tyre following which Dipti and another woman sat in the accused’s auto-rickshaw,” said Singh.
The accused forced the other woman out of the vehicle at knife-point near Hindon Bridge, said police.
“This happened at about 8.20 pm. They threatened Dipti and took her towards Morti village. They hid her bag and mobile phone on the way. When they reached Farrukh Nagar, the auto-rickshaw ran out of CNG. Devendra then called his brother who provided his i10 car,” said Singh.
The car broke down near Kheda Atana after it got stuck in sand near Yamuna Bank. “They took Dipti and crossed the Yamuna on foot. She was kept in a sugarcane field the entire day. The main accused, meanwhile, tried to talk to Dipti and convince her that he was trying to save her from the other accused.
When his efforts went in vain, he dropped Dipti at a railway station on February 12 from where she boarded a train. She called her family using a co-passenger’s phone.
“The entire plan of the accused was to be seen as a ‘hero’ by Dipti. He had told his associates that he wanted to steal Rs 3 to 4 crore from Dipti’s house and that she had a set of house keys,” said the SSP.
Police identified the others arrested in the case as Pradeep, Mohit, Fayim and Majid.
Police also recovered a Swift with a Delhi number plate, the i10, two UP-registered auto-rickshaws, a 0.32 countrymade pistol with eight cartridges, a 0.315 countrymade pistol with six cartridges, Dipti’s Dell laptop, her Fossil watch, Snapdeal icard, ATM, black bag, tiffin box
and Rs 700.
However, in an eloquent address to media persons on Monday, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh compared the accused Devendra to Shah Rukh Khan's character in the film Darr. The police claimed that the accused did not know Dipti but was 'infatuated' with her.
Indeed, if one goes by the police's version of events, the sequence of events could well make for a Bollywood thriller. According to the SSP, the accused first saw Dipti with a friend for the first time in January-February 2015 at Rajiv Chowk in Delhi. Subsequently, in one year, he is said to have stalked her around 150 times, after which he abducted her. The police have claimed that he was a 'well-known criminal' and that he had escaped from the custody of the police while being produced in court.
Dipti Sarna. Image courtesy: Twitter/@snapdeal
The accused, a graduate, has read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in jail, the police claimed, adding that the dictator's memoirs are one of his influences.
The police, it would seem, was not content to compare the accused with only Shah Rukh. There was another Khan with whom they would draw parallels.
A Hindustan Times report has quoted a police source as saying that he was a 'Dabanng'-like figure in his village. According to the officer, he had recently settled a land deal between two men, which earned him Rs 5 lakh. With this money, he bought two autorickshaws, which he would later use to carry out a meticulously planned, and nevertheless botched up, abduction attempt.
According to the SSP Ghaziabad, the accused Devendra wanted to escape to Nepal along with the girl and settle into a lavish life there. However, that was not to be.
The autorickshaw in which he was travelling with the victim broke down, after which he took her into his car and headed towards his native village. But this was not the end of his troubles. According to the police, his car, too, ran out of gas, after which the accused, undeterred, borrowed his cousin's car and continued on his journey.
It is not yet clear, however, why the accused let the woman go free subsequently. One wonders from which film/historical character he got the inspiration for his change of heart.
Snapdeal employee abduction case: Main accused inspired by SRK film ‘Darr’
SSP Ghaziabad Dharmendra Singh addresses the media after the arrest of the five accused Monday. (Express Photo: Praveen Khanna)
Five days after e-commerce senior executive Dipti Sarna (24) was abducted on her way home in Ghaziabad, five men were arrested in connection with the case. Police said the prime accused and mastermind of the plan had been following her for months and was inspired by Shahrukh Khan’s movie, Darr.
Speaking to mediapersons Monday afternoon, Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dharmendra Singh, said, “The accused had first spotted the woman at Rajiv Chowk Metro station about a year ago. He hatched this plan to win her over. During questioning, the prime accused revealed that he was deeply inspired by the movie Darr. He began tracking her movement and involved four other men from his village. He shifted to a rented accommodation in Khoda colony and drove auto-rickshaws from Vaishali Metro station to Ghaziabad.”
Deepti Sarna- Snapdeal staffer who was allegedly kidnapped last webdnesday.
Dipti, on the other hand, declined to comment on the case, maintaining that she had told the police everything.
Accompanied by her parents and her brother at Sihani Gate police station in Ghaziabad, she said, “I hope that measures are taken so that no other person undergoes the ordeal that I have faced.”
According to the police, prime accused Devendra, a resident of Sonepat, has around 30 cases against him related to robbery, attempt to murder and kidnapping.
Police said he had fled from custody in June 2014 with the help of his brother and had been in hiding ever since.
“We received a tip-off that Devendra might be associated with this case. Since he had fled from police custody in Haryana earlier and there had been several cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and robbery against him, he was on the police radar. We managed to get hold of some of his identity cards which had his photo. That photo was shown to Dipti who identified him,” said Singh.
Recounting the events on the night of February 10, police said Devendra, along with the other accused, waited for her in an auto-rickshaw outside the station. When Dipti boarded another auto-rickshaw, the accused managed to puncture the vehicle’s tyres.
“They knew when Dipti would reach the Metro station and from where she would board an auto-rickshaw as they had been tracking her movements for three months. They had parked two auto-rickshaws, which they purchased earlier, at the same spot. But Dipti boarded another one. Near Sahibabad’s vegetable market, they managed to puncture that auto’s tyre following which Dipti and another woman sat in the accused’s auto-rickshaw,” said Singh.
The accused forced the other woman out of the vehicle at knife-point near Hindon Bridge, said police.
“This happened at about 8.20 pm. They threatened Dipti and took her towards Morti village. They hid her bag and mobile phone on the way. When they reached Farrukh Nagar, the auto-rickshaw ran out of CNG. Devendra then called his brother who provided his i10 car,” said Singh.
The car broke down near Kheda Atana after it got stuck in sand near Yamuna Bank. “They took Dipti and crossed the Yamuna on foot. She was kept in a sugarcane field the entire day. The main accused, meanwhile, tried to talk to Dipti and convince her that he was trying to save her from the other accused.
When his efforts went in vain, he dropped Dipti at a railway station on February 12 from where she boarded a train. She called her family using a co-passenger’s phone.
“The entire plan of the accused was to be seen as a ‘hero’ by Dipti. He had told his associates that he wanted to steal Rs 3 to 4 crore from Dipti’s house and that she had a set of house keys,” said the SSP.
Police identified the others arrested in the case as Pradeep, Mohit, Fayim and Majid.
Police also recovered a Swift with a Delhi number plate, the i10, two UP-registered auto-rickshaws, a 0.32 countrymade pistol with eight cartridges, a 0.315 countrymade pistol with six cartridges, Dipti’s Dell laptop, her Fossil watch, Snapdeal icard, ATM, black bag, tiffin box
and Rs 700.
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