India Arrests Three More in Connection with Sajid Electricwala Kidnapping Case

The kidnapping case of Sajid Electricwala, a drug trafficker, has led to the arrest of three more individuals in India. The accused men have connections with notorious gangsters Chhota Shakeel and Dawood Ibrahim. The police have been investigating the case since June 16, when Electricwala was rescued from Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, where he was held illegally for a month. The investigation revealed that the accused men kidnapped Electricwala for allegedly taking Rs.50 lakh from them and not supplying the contraband. The police have also recovered evidence of the gang's manufacturing of Mephedrone and their use of a mobile application, Zangi, for communication.

Key Takeaways:

• The police have arrested three more individuals in connection with the kidnapping case of Sajid Electricwala, a drug trafficker.
• The accused men have connections with notorious gangsters Chhota Shakeel and Dawood Ibrahim.
• The investigation revealed that the accused men kidnapped Electricwala for allegedly taking Rs.50 lakh from them and not supplying the contraband.
• The police have recovered evidence of the gang's manufacturing of Mephedrone.
• The gang used a mobile application, Zangi, for communication, which provides "military-grade" end-to-end encryption for messages.
• The application doesn't require a mobile number to register and also doesn't save any messages, making it almost impossible to track or read in transit.
• The investigation has also revealed that the main accused, Sarwar Maqsood Khan, had been working for Anwar Shaikh, the brother of Chhota Shakeel.
• Anwar Shaikh provided the money to manufacture Mephedrone, which was then sold by Umed Ul Rehman and Salim Dola, alleged members of Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
• The police have also recovered a photo of the plant where the gang used to manufacture Mephedrone from Sarwar Khan's phone.
• Efforts are underway to trace the unit where the gang manufactured Mephedrone.
• The transferring of money was done through hawala accounts.

Statistics:

• Three more individuals have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping case of Sajid Electricwala.
• The accused men have been remanded to police custody till Tuesday.
• In June, the police had arrested seven individuals with a connection to the case.
• Rs.50 lakh was allegedly taken from Electricwala by the accused men.

Sources:

• Hindustan Times. (No Date). "Three more arrested in Sajid Electricwala case". Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times.