The Tribune, January 24, 2000
Teacher kidnapped for ransom
From Our Correspondent
ROHTAK, Jan 23 — The kidnapping of Anand Garg, a 23-year old school teacher, has sent shock-waves at Sampla, a small town situated 25-km from here.
Mr Anand Garg was reportedly kidnapped on Friday evening when he had gone to a flour mill in the mandi area. When he did not return home, his family members searched for him at every possible place. After they failed to trace him, they lodged a missing report with the Sampla police on Saturday morning.
The alleged kidnappers yesterday telephoned the family and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh for freeing Anand Garg. The kidnappers, reportedly scaled down the demand to Rs 2 lakh when Anand Garg's father, Mr Jawala Parsad, pleaded inability in arranging Rs 5 lakh.
The SSP, Mr P.K. Aggarwal, told The Tribune that the kidnappers had asked Mr Jawala Parsad to deliver the ransom amount at a place near the Tilyar tourist complex. While Mr Jawala Parsad waited with the ransom amount at the given place, the kidnappers did not turn up.
Interestingly Mr Anand Garg belong to a middle-class family. While Mr Anand Garg is employed as a teacher with a private school one of his elder brothers is employed as a 'munim' with a Delhi-based firm.
Mr Jawala Parsad, the father of the victim had retired as Junior Engineer in 1978 and is unemployed for the past four to five years. Another elder brother of Anand Garg is working as a 'broker' at Delhi. Except the house, where the family lives, Mr Jawala Parsad or his sons have no other landed property.
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