Famous comedian Sunil Pal was not missing but kidnapped. He was kidnapped and brought to Meerut, where he was blindfolded and locked in a room for 24 hours.
The kidnapper demanded a ransom of Rs 8 lakh from the family. However, the ransom money was deposited in the accounts of two prominent jewelers in Meerut. Police investigation has revealed that the kidnappers deposited Rs. 2.30 lakh and in Akash Ganga Jewellers' account Rs. 4.70 lakhs were transferred. Later, the kidnappers bought jewelery from the same jeweller's shop. After this, Sunil Pal was released on the night of 3 December.
SSP Vipin Tada said that the Maharashtra Police has frozen the accounts of both the jewellers. Two miscreants have been seen in the CCTV installed in the jewelery shop. Action is being taken after getting information about the whole matter from Maharashtra Police. Sunil Pal was called from Mumbai to Delhi for the evening program on December 2. He could not be contacted since then. For this reason, his wife Sarita filed a missing complaint with the Mumbai Police.
Both the kidnappers have been caught on CCTV cameras.
A comedian was called on the pretext of the event According to Sunil Pal, 16 days ago a young man named Amit called and identified himself as the director of an event company. He asked Sunil to come to an event in Haridwar. For this some amount was also transferred to Sunil Pal.
When Sunil reached Delhi on 2nd December, the event company sent a car to take him to Haridwar. When he stopped at a dhaba on the way, three youths approached him as fans. A young man told them that he had bought a new car. He took Sunil to his car and asked him to see the car from inside. As soon as Sunil got into the car, the accused took him hostage.
This picture is of comedian Sunil Pal.
If you make the slightest sound, I will kill you. Sunil Pal said, 'The kidnapper told me that you have been kidnapped. If you make any noise, I will kill you. The miscreants tied a cloth over my face. After driving for an hour, the crook took me to a house. Here on the second floor they took me hostage.
A miscreant was holding an injection in his hand. He was saying that it has poison. If you make the slightest noise, I will kill you with poison. I asked the crooks what they wanted, they said 20 lakh rupees.
20 or else give 10 lakhs… 'I told him I didn't have that much money. Badmasho said – we know that you are a famous comedian, how can you lack so much money. 20 if not 10 lakhs. Then asked about the ATM card, I said that I don't have the card.
The miscreants called my wife and asked for money. On this I told him – don't call home. Those people will be disturbed. I ask for money by talking to friends.
Kidnappers talking to jewelers.
Sunil Pal- also gave me 20 thousand rupees for return ticket Sunil Pal further said – on December 3, the crooks demanded a ransom of 8 lakh rupees online. After receiving the money, the crooks gave me 20,000 rupees for the flight ticket. After this he dropped me in the police station area.
Account Freeze After that the case was opened Here Sunil reached Mumbai like Pal, the police there interrogated him. He told the whole story. After this, the Mumbai Police froze the two accounts from which Kindpar had demanded money. On December 5, jeweler businessman Akshit Singhal reached Axis Bank to deposit money. The bank manager told him that his account was frozen on the complaint of the Maharashtra Police. No transactions can be made from your account. Only then did the whole matter come to light.
Deposited 4 times through online transaction Akshit said during interrogation – I have a firm named New Radhe Lal Ram Avatar Saraf in Jawahar quarter. On December 3, at 12 noon, two young men came to the shop. He asked to show the gold chain and coins. The young man gave Rs 10,000 and asked you to pack both the coins and the chain. We will deposit the remaining money into your account online. After that both took the account number of the firm and left without taking the chain or coins.
A transaction of Rs.50 thousand was made in the firm's account at 1.35 pm. Then 80 thousand rupees entered the account at 2:12 pm, 50 thousand rupees at 2:18 pm and 50 thousand rupees at 4:17 pm. A total of Rs. 2 lakh 30 thousand was paid. After this, the young man called and informed that the money had been transferred.
2 took gold coins and chains Akshit further said – After this sent screenshots of the transaction on WhatsApp. Both the youths reached the shop at 6 pm. He liked 2 gold coins of 10 grams, a chain of 7.240 grams. The bill for all three was Rs 2,25,500. The youth gave the Aadhaar card and PAN card and got the bill in the name of Sunil Pal.
The remaining 4500 rupees were taken from the money paid online. At around 8:17 pm, my mobile phone rang. The caller identified himself as an officer of Mumbai Police Santacruz Police Station. He said that the amount transferred to your account is in the form of ransom.
I told him the whole thing about buying jewelry. The caller asked to give the transaction ID and number of both the youths. I gave this information to the in-charge of Lalkurti Police Station. The station in-charge asked me not to share anything. Such scams are going on nowadays. The whole matter of account freezing came to light.
Who is Sunil Pal? Sunil Pal is a comedian, actor and voice artist. Sunil has been the winner of Great Indian Laughter in the year 2005. After winning the show, Sunil started working in films again. So far he has done standup comedy in about 51 shows.
Sunil was born in Maharashtra and came to Mumbai in the year 1995. After coming here he studied from Janata Vidyalaya City Barach Ballarpur School. Sunil used to do mimicry and comedy right from his college days.
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