Man from Varanasi held for abducting DGCA worker: Police

Chaturvedi got here to Delhi from Varanasi on January 7, the police mentioned, including that as his airplane was about to land within the nationwide capital, he wished to go to the washroom however was not allowed by the flight employees, which led to an argument between the 2 sides.

The subsequent day, Chaturvedi, together with the taxi driver, went to the DGCA workplace to lodge a grievance in regards to the incident. He claimed that he noticed three-four individuals in an inebriated state on the DGCA workplace and received indignant, the police mentioned.

Chaturvedi then posed as a senior official and took Surender Singh, a junior secretariat attendant on the DGCA workplace, to the Safdarjung Hospital forcibly within the taxi to conduct his medical examination, in accordance with the police.

The medical examination couldn’t be performed however Chaturvedi took away the DGCA worker”s cell phone and identification card. He additionally took away the cell phone of one in all Singh”s colleagues on the hospital, a senior police officer mentioned.

The accused subsequently dropped the DGCA workers close to the Kotla visitors sign on BP Marg however didn’t return their telephones. Instead, he gave his cell phone quantity to them and fled the spot, the officer mentioned.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur mentioned in the course of the investigation, CCTV footage was obtained from the DGCA workplace and the Safdarjung Hospital and an in depth enquiry was carried out. Chaturvedi was discovered to be residing in Rohini. He was apprehended from his home and at his occasion, the taxi driver was additionally arrested.

Two cellphones and a DGCA identification card have been recovered from the possession of the accused, the officer mentioned.

Chaturvedi is a local of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He did his commencement in enterprise administration and regulation and had labored as a contractor for street development in Varanasi however was presently unemployed, the police mentioned.

Chaturvedi knew the taxi driver for the final six months, they mentioned, including that he employed his automobile on a number of events. The taxi driver instructed the police that he adopted the directions of the accused as he thought that the latter was a senior officer.