Five held for kidnapping, assaulting dry fruit traders in Begum Bazar

Goshamahal police have arrested five persons for allegedly confining and assaulting two dry fruit traders and demanding ₹2 lakh and the surrender of a car and an auto for their release in Begum Bazar.The arrested persons were identified as Karan Kumar, Hanuman Ram, Devi Lal, Shambhu Kumar and Jumar alias Jumar Gujjar. Police said six other accused persons, including Shubham Parihar, Tharun, Manish, Praveen, Pankaj and Datta, were absconding and efforts were on to apprehend them.According to the police, the complainant, Mohd Akbar, and his brother Mohd Aleem had been procuring dry fruits from Vinod Impex in Begum Bazar for about two years. Police said the two were accused of financial irregularities involving about ₹8 lakh, allegedly by forging the firm’s stamp, over the past three months.O