Rs 5 Crore Ransom Demand Reported in Case of Missing Jamshedpur Industrialist’s Son as Multi-State Search Widens

Overview

• The family reported receiving WhatsApp calls and a message demanding Rs 5 crore, with police saying the number used appears to be registered in Indonesia.
• Jharkhand Police have formed seven special teams conducting raids across Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, and are reviewing CCTV from tolls and exit points.
• The missing 24-year-old, Kairav Gandhi, left for office on Tuesday, and his car was later found near a resort on NH-33 in the Chandil area with the keys in the ignition and his phone beneath the vehicle.
• Investigators say his last known mobile location was near Sonari Adarsh Nagar in Jamshedpur and suspect he was intercepted and forced into another vehicle, with a decoy car bearing a police insignia under scrutiny for a mismatched registration.
• Police report no breakthrough so far as trade bodies press for urgency and JD(U) MLA Saryu Roy urges a special investigation team and coordination with Bihar and Odisha police.