Overview

• Bengaluru Police detained four suspects, including local businessman Mohammad Rafiq and three Uttar Pradesh accomplices, for demanding ₹1 crore and threatening to kidnap a trader’s son under the guise of Lawrence Bishnoi.
• Investigators found the plot was driven by a personal financial dispute and confirmed none of the arrested had links to the real Bishnoi network, as teams trace recovered phones and weapons.
• Mumbai Crime Branch, aided by the UP Special Task Force, located and freed international drug trafficker Sajid Electricwala from a Banda guesthouse after more than a month in captivity.
• Seven individuals, among them key conspirator Sarwar Khan of Chhota Shakeel’s syndicate, were arrested for orchestrating the ₹3 crore ransom kidnapping and torturing Electricwala, who paid ₹50 lakh.
• Authorities continue to pursue remaining members of both criminal cells, highlighting enhanced inter-state collaboration and digital forensics in dismantling organised crime networks.