A STAFF REPORTER
Four people, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Bikramgarh realtor Anup Ray on November 23.
Among those held was Archana Dhar, 40, who police said had hatched the abduction plot to take revenge on Ray. He was assisted by the other three — Rita Halder and Sanjoy Halder and his brother-in-law.
Dhar, who worked for a Selimpur-based agency that supplies attendants to nursing homes, lived in a flat opposite Ray’s Prince Golam Hossain Shah Road house.
The sleuths have learnt that Ray had promised Archana a flat in a building he was developing in the neighbourhood for Rs 7 lakh.
The woman paid the amount but when the flat was ready, the promoter allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh more. When Archana failed to cough it up, Ray allegedly started using the flat as his office without refunding the Rs 7 lakh he had taken from the woman.
“The woman plotted the abduction in an attempt to recover the money,” said a police source.
“It appears Archana had a revenge motive. We need to find out more,” said S.N. Gupta, DIG, presidency range.
The abductors released the promoter, who was also the secretary of a CPM branch committee, the day after he had been picked up after the family paid a ransom of Rs 7 lakh. The next day, the party suspended Ray on the ground that his lifestyle was unbecoming of a communist.
-- Shared by Ratul Das
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