Overview

• Praful Gnyaneshwar Salunkhe, the driver-bodyguard of Dilip Khedkar, was tracked to Shindkheda in Dhule using technical surveillance, arrested and remanded to police custody.
• Investigators say the 22-year-old truck helper was traced and rescued from the Khedkar residence in Aundh, Pune, after officers encountered resistance at the gate from Manorama Khedkar.
• Dilip and Manorama Khedkar have been named as accused and are absconding, with Navi Mumbai and Pune police teams conducting a multi-district search.
• Beyond kidnapping, Rabale police have invoked BNS provisions for voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement for extortion, extortion, common intention and destruction of evidence.
• Police allege Manorama tried to erase CCTV evidence by removing the DVR, while the victim reported his phone was seized and he was confined and threatened as money was demanded from his employer.