Moneylender, 3 Others Held For Kidnapping, Assaulting Property Dealer Over Loan Dispute
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Nagpur: Hudkeshwar police arrested four persons, including a moneylender, for kidnapping and brutally assaulting a property dealer over a financial dispute. The police rescued the victim from a farmhouse.
The arrested have been identified as Pravin alias Balu Burkewad, Nilesh Nagarkar, Nilesh Telkhande, and Rakesh Avachat. The action followed a complaint by Vishal Urkude (40), a resident of Rachna Colony, Pipla Road.
According to police, Vishal had borrowed Rs30 lakh from Balu in 2022 to fund his wife's job application process and his nephew's medical treatment. In return, he mortgaged a plot of four shops in Narsala.
Vishal claims to have repaid Rs13.4 lakh in instalments, but financial distress prevented him from continuing payments. Balu allegedly began pressuring him to transfer ownership of the mortgaged properties and had already taken possession of the shops.
On Tuesday morning, Balu and his aides allegedly abducted Vishal, thrashed him en route, and confined him at a farmhouse in Umbargaon, where the assault continued.
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Vishal's family, unable to reach him, approached Hudkeshwar police. Tracing the victim's mobile number senior PI Gyaneshwar Bhedodkar and his team traced the accused to Dighori Bridge and mounted a rescue operation.
All four accused were arrested and produced in court on Wednesday. They were remanded to police custody till July 18.
Inspector Bhedodkar confirmed that Balu is a history-sheeter with previous cases related to illegal public drinking and gambling, while the other three have no prior criminal records.
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