2 min readKolkataJul 23, 2026 04:14 AM IST
A film-style “kidnapping” to get back the money loaned to a person ended in the arrest of six persons in Nadia district of West Bengal. According to Bidhannagar Police, 39-year-old Ankan Saha, an IT employee, had borrowed Rs 78 lakh from several persons, but was not returning the money to the lenders, despite repeated reminders.
On Tuesday evening, Saha was kidnapped from in front of the RDB building in Sector V in Salt Lake. After wrapping up his work, Saha was trying to start his motorbike parked in front of the RDB building when a white Scorpio SUV stopped right in front of him. A group of young men got out of the vehicle, surrounded him and before he could understand anything, they started beating him up. When he tried to resist, the men forcibly pulled Saha inside the SUV and whisked him away.
But an alert mall security staffer, who witnessed the abduction, promptly dialled 100 and informed the police. He also provided the registration number of the SUV.
Since the abduction took place during peak office hours, panic spread in the area.
A police team reached the spot, cordoned off the area and started examining CCTV footage from the cameras installed at the RDB building and the adjacent roads. The police identified the white Scorpio SUV and tracked down the owner and his mobile number. They began to track the location of the cellphone and within two hours, the police zeroed in on the SUV and rescued Saha from Haringhata in Nadia district.
“Saha had borrowed Rs 78 lakh from several lenders but was not repaying the money. With no sight of the money being returned, the group of six men, who had lent him the money, hatched a plan to abduct Saha to get back the money,” said a senior police officer.
The six arrested accused are claiming that they were the “victims” of Saha’s cheating and just wanted to get back their money.
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“There is a monetary dispute involved. We are probing the matter and also looking into why Saha had borrowed and from how many people,” the senior officer added.
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