Rural Police Bust Gang Abducting People with Learning Difficulties

The Khed police in Pune district have broken up a gang involved in kidnapping individuals with learning difficulties, forcing them to work on farms and other locations. The gang, consisting of four members, including a woman, was detained after the police rescued five individuals with learning difficulties from a farm in Khed taluka. The victims, whose identities are yet to be confirmed, were discovered with burn marks on their bodies.

Key Takeaways:

• The Khed police in Pune district have arrested four members of a gang involved in abducting people with learning difficulties, including a woman.
• The gang was caught after the police rescued five individuals with learning difficulties from a farm in Khed taluka, who were discovered with burn marks on their bodies.
• The victims, whose identities are yet to be confirmed, were taken to farmers and were made to work in exchange for wages, with the gang members taking the wages from the farmers.
• The gang members would claim that the individuals were relatives of the farmers, and would request the farmers to provide the victims with food.
• The police are investigating if the gang members abducted more people with learning difficulties and forced them to work.
• A man with learning difficulties, who has been missing since April 2023, was found at Shirwal in Satara district with burn marks on his body, and two members of the gang were arrested after they went to his village to look for him.
• The police have registered a case against the accused under sections 140 (abduction) and 146 (unlawful compulsory labor) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Statistics:

• 5 individuals with learning difficulties were rescued from a farm in Khed taluka.
• 4 gang members, including a woman, were arrested by the Khed police.
• The victims were forced to work on farms, with burn marks found on their bodies.
• A man with learning difficulties, who has been missing since April 2023, was found at Shirwal in Satara district.
• 2 members of the gang were arrested after they went to the man's village to look for him.
• The police are investigating if more people with learning difficulties were abducted and forced to work.

Sources:

• Times Content, "Rural police bust gang involved in abducting people with learning difficulties"